The Twitter War on Modi

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 22 September 2011, 03:55 IST
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Provoked by the tweets of her arch rival, she said, "As far as Omar's tweet goes, he should recall that he was a minister at one point of time and he did not offer to resign in protest and his father was the only Muslim leader who stood by Narendra Modi at that time." She was recalling the days of Gujarat riots when Omar Abdullah's National Conference party was a part of the BJP-led NDA.
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The J&K CM again took the social media to replay and tweeted, "Have never denied being a part of the NDA Ms Mufti but I've also said it was a mistake I regret & will never repeat nor let my party repeat. At least I've had the guts to admit our mistake, why don't you have the guts to admit what everyone heard you say - your praise for Modi." His next tweet said, "Lest I forget Ms. Mufti - the record in Parliament will show how I voted on the resolution about Gujarat riots even though I was a minister." However, the microblogging site has become an avenue of political debates of late. The tweeter world is waiting to see where this debate is heading to and what political connotations it will unfold.