India
The report said that twitter bots for Rahul Gandhi's accounts are from Russia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan
Updated : Oct 21, 2017, 05:08 PM IST
Union minister Smriti Irani took a dig at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's rising popularity on Twitter after an ANI report revealed that a number of his Twitter bot followers hailed from Russia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan. "Perhaps @OfficeOfRG planning to sweep polls in Russia, Indonesia & Kazakhstan ?? #RahulWaveInKazakh," Irani tweeted.
Perhaps @OfficeOfRG planning to sweep polls in Russia, Indonesia & Kazakhstan ?? #RahulWaveInKazakh https://t.co/xVanl2mKGh https://t.co/Yhl1oAGqOg
— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) October 21, 2017
On October 15th, 'OfficeofRG' retweeted US President Donald Trump's tweet praising American-Pakistani relations with a caption 'Modi ji quick, looks like President Trump needs another hug'. The tweet quickly reached 20,000 retweets and currently has touched 30,000.
Modi ji quick; looks like President Trump needs another hug pic.twitter.com/B4001yw5rg
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) October 15, 2017
A close analysis of this tweet showed that these alleged 'bots' with a Russian, Kazakh or Indonesian characteristic were routinely RT-ing the Congress VP's tweets.
Rahul's official Twitter handle "OfficeOfRG" added around one million followers in the last two months and his average number of retweets 2,784 as opposed to 2,506 for PM Modi's tweets. Congress said his growing social media
presence was a result of his tweets resonating with the people of the country.
With ANI Inputs