Twitter India on Thursday blocked the account of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Singh Rawat for violating rules. This comes subsequent on Twitter blocked the official handle of the Indian National Congress for violating the rules of the microblogging site.

The Congress party also alleged that accounts of seniors leaders general secretaries Randeep Surjewala, KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken, AICC Assam in-charge Jitendra Singh, Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev, MP and Lok Sabha whip Manickam Tagore had been suspended among those of many others. Earlier on Wednesday, Twitter India informed the Delhi High Court that the account of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been blocked. The Congress party also said close to 5,000 accounts of party workers had been suspended for sharing pictures of family of the minor victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi.

The Twitter action followed a notice from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights to act against Gandhi’s handle for violating privacy laws for minor victims. Juvenile justice act prohibits revelation of pictures of minor victims of crime and their families.

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