New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The dogged pursuit of hisdetractors to find reasons for his resurgence on twitter todayprompted Rahul Gandhi to post a video of his dog, attributinghis resurrection on the microblogging website to his petcanine.
"People (have) been asking who tweets for this guy... I'mcoming clean..it's me..Pidi..I'm way smarter than him. Lookwhat I can do with a tweet..oops..treat!," Gandhi said ontwitter, posting a video of his dog doing a trick at hismaster's command.
The video shows a hand placing something edible betweenthe dog's eyes and nose as the Congress vice president isheard issuing some commands. In a swift, deft move, the caninejumps and catches it in his mouth.
The twitter post drew varied response from his politicalrivals and followers.
Among initial twitter reactions to the Congress leaderÂ’stweet was one by former Assam Congress strongman Himanta BiswaSarma, who had quit the party and joined the BJP on the eve ofthe last state elections, accusing Rahul Gandhi of"indifference" to party affairs.
"Sir @OfficeOfRG, who knows him better than me. Stillremember you busy feeding biscuits to him while we wanted todiscuss urgent Assam's issues," Sarma said, provoking Congressleaders to lash out at him.
"We also know you better now," was the reaction of MahilaCongress president and Lok Sabha MP from Silchar Sushmita Dev,who tagged Sarma.
Congress social media in charge Divya Spandana,responding to GandhiÂ’s tweet said, "So know you who can matchthis talent." Gandhi's tweet came at a time when his social mediapopularity is a subject of intense discussion.
The BJP has accused Gandhi of using bots to inflate hisfan following on the microblogging website, but the Congressdefended his Twitter resurgence as natural. The bot is asoftware that can be used to autonomously perform actions suchas tweeting, retweeting, liking, following, unfollowing, ordirect messaging other accounts. PTI SKC SKSK.
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