Congress has crossed a million followers mark on Twitter, a milestone for the party, which was seen as a social media laggard till recently. Keywords: Congress, Twitter Social media savvy Mr. Modi and his followers used Twitter and other such media to the hilt to target the then Manmohan Singh Government and other Congress leaders. Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor is one senior Congressman who has been active on Twitter for long. While party vice president Rahul Gandhi has now taken to Twitter through @OfficeofRG, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh and senior leaders like P. Chidambaram and Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress President, have also become active on social media.

Source: The Hindu June 12, 2016 13:58 UTC