Blocked by Twitter for political reasons: India’s Rahul Gandhi

India’s main opposition leader slams firm for blocking tweet over alleged rape and murder of nine-year-old Dalit girl.

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, has slammed Twitter for blocking a tweet over the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, saying the platform was playing partisan politics. The criticism of the United States-based microblogging giant by the Congress party on Friday comes as Twitter is trying to address concerns raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over compliance issues. Gandhi’s account, which has 19.5 million followers, was locked after he posted a photograph of himself with the parents of a girl who was allegedly raped and killed in New Delhi on August 1, saying the family deserved justice.