New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter outreach has played a key role in changing perceptions about him, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said urging the party chief to maintain his “unique communication” with the people and to ignore “trolls and troglodytes”.
Mr Tharoor, who was recently edged out by Mr Gandhi as the most-followed Congress leader on Twitter, also said social media could prove to be a “game influencer” in 2019.
In an interview to PTI, he said the Congress’s counter-narrative to the BJP on social media was “witty, eye-catching and trendsetting”.
“Even the BJP would do well to now try and take a leaf or two” out of the Congress’s book, the former Union minister said, while also stressing his party did not seek to define itself on social media in metrics comparable to the BJP.
Asked if the microblogging site played a key role in helping people get to know the Congress president and changing his image from a reluctant politician to a dedicated leader, the MP from Thiruvananthapuram said, “Yes, very much so.” “His enthusiasm on social media, his wit, energy and sense of humour are all on display...,” the 62-year-old leader said.
