NEW DELHI
\nUse of official Twitter handle of the Indian Prime Minister\u2019s Office for making political attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s opponent has drawn flak. Recently, Twitter handle of PMO posted a statement made by Modi in which he accused the Samajwadi Party of showing sympathy towards terrorists and releasing them from jail.
\n\u201cRed skull-cap wearers (a reference to Samajwadi Party) want to form the government to show sympathy towards terrorists and release terrorists from the jail. Therefore, you must keep in mind red skull-cap wearers are red alert for Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi,\u201d tweeted PMO India in Hindi.
\nIn another tweet, the PMO said that the red skull-cap wearers are only interested in red signal, not in your problems and sufferings. They want power for scams, corruptions, illegal activities and allowing Mafias to do what they want.
\nSuch political rhetoric from the official Twitter handle raised eyebrows. Political leaders, journalists and others slammed PMO for making such statements from the official handle of the government.
\nReacting to the tweets, Shiv Sena MP Priyanaka Chaturvedi called it \u201cunfortunate\u201d that the PMO handle is being used for political campaigns.
\nTMC MP Mahua Moitra also questioned the use of PMO handle for political campaigns saying that Prime Minister\u2019s Office is being run by all kinds of taxpayers\u2019 money. \u201cHave everyone\u2019s brains been fried in saffron sauce?,\u201d she tweeted.
\nProminent journalist Sreenisvan Jain said that PM Modi is not using just the Twitter handle but also other government\u2019s platforms for political purposes.
\nPolitical commentator Rajesh Mahapatra called it \u201cnew low\u201d to use official handles to take potshots at rivals. Author and journalist Saba Naqvi expressed her shock over the use of the PMO handle for political campaigns.
\nMeanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav hit back at Modi for making \u2018laal topi\u2019 comments. \u201cThe PM is ruining his language. The people of Uttar Pradesh will teach them a lesson just like the people of Bengal did. The PM is clearly panicking,\u201d said Yadav.
\nAAP\u2019s Sanjay Singh called the use of such language from the PMO handle \u201cwrong\u201d. \u201cThe use of this kind of language from the Prime Minister\u2019s official handle is wrong. PM Modi himself wears a kaali topi (black cap), and so does his party and his cabinet,\u201d said AAP\u2019s Sanjay Singh.
\n\u201cThese black cap wearing people use their black thinking and black laws. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if they renamed Lal Qila (Red Fort) as Kaala Qila. Will they hoist the flag on August 15 at Kaala Qila? I want to ask them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI Use of official Twitter handle of the Indian Prime Minister\u2019s Office for making political attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s opponent has drawn flak. Recently, Twitter handle of PMO posted a statement made by Modi in which he accused the Samajwadi Party of showing sympathy towards terrorists and releasing them from jail. \u201cRed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-232011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n