<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/dec/01Sachin-Sawant.jpg" alt="" /> Sachin Sawant, Maharashtra Congress spokesperson
Maharashtra Congress will not take the hacking of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and the party&rsquo;s Twitter account lightly. It has also warned the BJP against protecting people who are involved in the incident.
Speaking to mid-day, Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that securing Twitter handles was a tough job, but they did not expect the use of lewd remarks and unparliamentary language against party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi&rsquo;s account was hacked yesterday evening, after which hackers broke into the Congress party account.
"This is nothing, but the work of pervert people. We suspect that it&rsquo;s an organised effort that has the government&rsquo;s protection. We did not expect our haters to stoop to such behaviour,&rdquo; said Sawant.
He said the language the hackers used showed that they were well-educated people working in the IT sector. &ldquo;I strongly believe that they are protected by the government and may not be found by the agencies at all,&rdquo; he said.
When asked if the party has formally or informally advised its members to secure their social media accounts, Sawant said that such platforms hardly provided any security. &ldquo;We know that changing passwords won&rsquo;t help. But, the dirty minds working for the BJP should understand that they are sending out a wrong message to the new generation. They are dirtying politics further by targeting individuals in the most heinous manner.&rdquo;

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