Can’t Lock Our Voice: Rahul Takes To Insta After Twitter Locks Account
Mumbai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took to Instagram after Twitter locked his account over a post revealing the identity of an alleged nine-year-old rape victim in Delhi last week in violation of laws.
Sharing a few notes on Instagram with the caption ‘daro mat… satyameva jayate’ (don’t fear…truth alone triumphs), Gandhi said he was guilty if fighting for justice for a rape and murder victim is a crime. “If showing compassion and empathy is a crime. I am guilty.”
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He further said the message of compassion, love and justice is universal and 1.3 billion Indians will not be silenced. “They can lock us out on a platform. But they can’t lock out our voice for the sake of the people.”
Earlier in the day, the Congress alleged that it’s official Twitter handle as well as a large number of party leaders and workers, including Gandhi, have been blocked by the microblogging website.
Twitter defended the move, saying the accounts were blocked because they posted images that violated its rules to protect personal privacy and security.
Congress’s social media department head Rohan Gupta said the party’s official Twitter handle and about 5,000 accounts of its top leaders and workers have been blocked by the website.
“Twitter is clearly acting under pressure from the government as it did not remove the pictures shared from the Twitter account of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes for a few days,” he said.
The Twitter accounts of All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretaries Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Harish Rawat, Ajay Maken, the party’s whip in the Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have also been blocked, the party said.
Twitter’s move came days after the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) complained to it about Gandhi revealing the identity of the alleged sexual assault victim and her parents. The rights body had directed Twitter to act against Gandhi’s account for violating the privacy of a minor victim, mandated by the laws of the land.
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