Twitter interfering in India's political process, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Twitter of being biased and interfering in the countrys political process by blocking his accountIn a strong attack Gandhi said Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the countryThe former Congress chief asked whether Indians should allow companies just because they are beholden to the Government of India to define our politicsIts obvious now that Twitter is actually not a neutral objective platform It is a biased platform Its something that listens to what the government of the day says he charged in a video message on YouTubeBy shutting down my Twitter they are interfering in our political process A company is making its business to define our politics And as a politician I dont like that he saidThis is an attack on the democratic structure of the country This is not an attack on Rahul Gandhi This is not you know simply shutting Rahul Gandhi down I have 1920 million followers You are denying them the right to an opinion Thats what you are doing Gandhi said in the video messageAs Indians he asked we have to ask the question are we going to allow companies just because they are beholden to the Government of India to define our politics for usIs that what this is going to come to Or are we going to define our politics on our own Thats the real question here the Congress leader saidHe alleged that this is not only patently unfair this is their breaching the idea that Twitter is a neutral platformAnd for the investors this is a very dangerous thing because taking sides in the political contest has repercussions for Twitter Gandhi saidOur democracy is under attack We are not allowed to speak in Parliament The media is controlled And I thought there was a ray of light where we could put what we thought on Twitter But obviously thats not the case he saidTwitter had temporarily suspended Gandhis account after he shared pictures of the family of a nineyearold victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi which is against the rules and the lawTwitter has said that it has followed the due process as Gandhis tweet on the family of the victim was against its rules and the lawThe Congress alleged on Thursday that its official Twitter handle as well as that of a large number of party leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging websiteA Twitter spokesperson had said that the companys rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone in its serviceWe have taken proactive action on several hundred tweets that posted an image that violated our rules and may continue to do so in line with our range of enforcement options Certain types of private information carry higher risks than others and our aim is always to protect individual privacy and safety the spokesperson had saidAccording to Twitter if a tweet is found to be in violation of its rules and is not deleted by the account holder the microblogging platform hides it behind a notice and the account remains locked until the said tweet is removed or the appeal is successfully processedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever