Rahul Gandhi Writes A Letter To Twitter CEO Explaining "Twitter Is Limiting His Followers"

'Don't be a pawn in the destruction of the idea of India'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a letter to the New CEO of Twitter, Parag Agarwal complaining that his follower count has not increased since his account was temporarily suspended in August 2021.

As per the information, in the letter that he wrote to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on December 27, he said that he found the matter perplexing and he believed that the “unwitting complicity” of Twitter was curbing free and fair speech in India. The Congress leader said that since he raised the issue of the Dalit girl who died after she was raped, his average monthly follower count has “fallen to nearly zero”.

I am writing to you on behalf of more than a billion Indians to not allow Twitter to become a pawn in the destruction of the idea of India… You have an enormous responsibility to ensure that Twitter does not actively help in the growth of authoritarianism in India,” Rahul Gandhi wrote.

"I have been reliably, albeit discreetly, informed by people at Twitter India that they are under immense pressure by the government to silence my voice. My account was even blocked for a few days for no legitimate reason. There were many other Twitter handles, including Government ones, which had tweeted similar photos of the same people. None of those accounts were blocked. My account was singularly targeted," He further added, '' I am writing to you on behalf of more than a billion Indians to not allow Twitter to become a pawn in the destruction of the idea of India."

According to the report, the Congress leader said that previously he was gaining about two lakh followers per month, but since August 2021, his follower count has been increasing at a rate of a mere 2500 per month. It included an analysis of data from Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account as well as comparisons with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.