Cleanliness of White House on unfollowing PM Modi's Twitter account, said - follow for a short time

Washington. The White House on Wednesday clarified that its twitter handle usually follows the Twitter account of officials of host countries for some period during the visit of the US President to support the visit Their messages can be retweeted.

During President Donald Trump's visit to India in the last week of February, the official Twitter handle of the White House asked President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister's Office, the Indian Embassy in the US, the US Embassy in India and US Ambassador to India Ken Juster Started following the account. Earlier this week, the White House unfollowed all six of these twitter handles.

A senior administrative officer while answering questions said that the White House Twitter account generally follows the Twitter accounts of senior US government officials and others. For example, during a President's visit, he follows the authorities of the host countries for a period so that his messages in support of the visit can be retweeted.

In response to this move of the White House, people gave many reactions on social media in India. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that he was disappointed by the White House unfollowing President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Twitter and the Ministry of External Affairs should take cognizance of it.

As of Wednesday, the White House had 22 million followers. He usually follows the accounts of 13 people, including President Donald Trump and his official Twitter handle, First Lady, Vice President and his wife, new press secretary Kyleigh McAnay, National Security Council and former White House Secretary Stephanie Grisham.