Twitter "Temporarily Locks" Rahul Gandhi's Account, NSUI to Hold Protest

NEW DELHI: The National Students Union of India (NSUI) will organize a protest march on Monday against the alleged suspension of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account.

The protest march will be held by about 150 members of the Congress'' student wing from NSUI headquarters at Raisina Road to Shastri Bhawan, an NSUI member said.

The Congress on Saturday claimed that Twitter "temporarily suspended" Gandhi''s account, but later said it had been "temporarily locked" after the microblogging platform denied having suspended the account and stated that it continues to be in service.

This comes a day after Twitter removed a controversial post of Gandhi with a picture of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died here following an alleged sexual assault. A message from Twitter read that the tweet had violated its rules.

"Until then, he will stay connected with you all through his other SM platforms & continue to raise his voice for our people & fight for their cause. Jai Hind!" the party said.

Responding to queries about Congress' claim, Twitter said it can confirm that the account has not been suspended and "continues to be on the service".

When an account is suspended, Twitter removes it from a global view, the microblogging platform said.

Tagging its previous tweet, the Congress later tweeted, "The account has been temporarily locked." Posting a picture of his meeting with the girl's family on Wednesday, Gandhi had tweeted in Hindi: "Parents' tears are saying only one thing — their daughter, the daughter of this country, deserves justice. And I am with them on this path to justice."

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