On BJP calling Rahul Gandhi 'Jack Dorsey's puppeteer', Opposition MP's reply
Priyanka Chaturvedi asked whether it's not a spectacular failure of the government that Rahul Gandhi is not even an MP, but still accused of pulling strings.
As the BJP on Tuesday hinted at Rahul Gandhi's role behind Twitter ex-CEO Jack Dorsey's allegation that the Indian government exerted pressure on the microblogging platform during the farmers' protest, opposition MP Priyanka Chaturvedi questioned whether it is not a ‘spectacular failure’ of PM and the government that Rahul Gandhi holds no position yet controls the strings. The government dismissed Jack Dorsey's claims triggering a fresh war of words between the BJP and the opposition. Read | 'No reason for Jack Dorsey to lie but every reason for...', says ex-IT minister Kapil Sibal
BJP's Sambit Patra shared a cartoon in which Rahul Gandhi is seen as a puppeteer with the strings pulling Jack Dorsey. "No points for guessing, we all know who is pulling the strings," Sambit Patra tweeted. "Not an MP, not a minister, not the PM, not the Opposition Party President. Just a citizen and yet can control the strings, as per this tweet. Isn't that a spectacular failure of PM and GoI?!" Shiv Sena (Uddhab Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote.
'Many requests around farmers' protests'
In an interview on a YouTube channel, Jack Dorsey said when he was heading Twitter, the company received many requests around farmers' protests. The Indian government threatened Twitter with raids on employees and shutdown threats if it did not take down posts flagged by the government. "It manifested in ways such as: 'We will shut Twitter down in India', which is a very large market for us; 'we will raid the homes of your employees', which they did; And this is India, a democratic country," Jack Dorsey said.
{{/usCountry}}In an interview on a YouTube channel, Jack Dorsey said when he was heading Twitter, the company received many requests around farmers' protests. The Indian government threatened Twitter with raids on employees and shutdown threats if it did not take down posts flagged by the government. "It manifested in ways such as: 'We will shut Twitter down in India', which is a very large market for us; 'we will raid the homes of your employees', which they did; And this is India, a democratic country," Jack Dorsey said.
{{/usCountry}}The government dismissed the claims and IT minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that Twitter at that time was misusing its power. During the farmers' protest, Twitter 'weaponised misinformation and it started complying with Indian laws only in 2022. Terming Jack Dorsey's claims as absolute lies, the minister said that nobody was raided during the time.
Rahul Gandhi dragged into Jack Dorsey controversy
A fresh row erupted with the Congress seeking an explanation from the government over Jack Dorsey's explosive claims and BJP leaders counter-blaming Rahul Gandhi for 'hatching international conspiracy' against India.
