Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account slowly getting followers again | India News

A weekly progress shows that in the six weeks since January 12, Rahul Gandhi has consistently added around 80,000 new followers weeklyNEW DELHI: After his followers count almost froze over five months after the controversy over his tweet on Delhi rape, Congress member Rahul Gandhi’s new following is increasing at a weekly rate of around 80,000, the resumption of normal activity coinciding with an international row kicked up by Congress protest and media reports. While Rahul had on December 27, 2021, protested that his new following had ground to zero, even alleging that it was a result of political pressure from government, there was not much response from the microblogging site. But after a media report (Wall Street Journal) on the issue on January 12 followed by reports in national media, the Congress member’s account started buzzing again. Aweekly progress shows that in the six weeks since January 12, Rahul has consistently added around 80,000 new followers weekly. The followers count which stood at 19. 5 million has now risen to 20 million. Rahul’s account ran into acontroversy in August 2021 when he posted a picture of a family of a rape victim in Delhi. In response to complaints from…
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