PM Modi's count goes down by 3 lakh followers on Twitter, Shashi Tharoor second biggest loser

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi, among others on Friday lost thousands of Twitter followers after the micro-blogging site deleted several suspicious and inactive accounts.

Prime Minister Modi, according to socialblade.com, lost 2, 84,746 followers and currently has 43.1 million followers.

The Congress President, on the other hand, lost 17,503 followers. He currently has 7.33 million followers on Twitter.

Modi - 284,746

PMO India - 140,635

Rahul Gandhi - 17,503

BJP - 40,787

Congress - 15731

Amit Shah - 33363

Shashi Tharoor - 151,509

Sushma Swaraj - 74132

Arvind Kejriwal - 91,555

Jaitley - 51324

Omar Abdullah 21878

Others who were affected were celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Virat Kohl, Aamir Khan, Deepika Padukone and Sachin Tendulkar.

Meanwhile, Twitter accounts across the globe saw a drop in their follower count as the micro-blogging site removed "locked accounts" - accounts which have not validated their ownership.

‘As part of our ongoing and global effort to build trust and encourage healthy conversation on Twitter, every part of the service matters,’ read its blog post.

It added, ‘This week, we’ll be removing these locked accounts from follower counts across profiles globally. As a result, the number of followers displayed on many profiles may go down.’

With inputs ANI