Bhagwat joined Twitter in May this year Telegraph file pictureNew Delhi: A month after the RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat did it, six other members from the top brass of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)have also now joined the social media site Twitter. Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi (SureshBJoshi), Krishna Gopal (KGopalRSS), V Bhagaiah, Aniruddh Deshpande (@AniruddhaRSS), Arun Kumar (@ArunKumRSS), and Suresh Soni (SureshSoni1925) too now have a verified Twitter account with ‘blue tick’. Bhagwat (@DrMohanBhagawat) had joined the site last month and has 20.5 thousand followers. There is only one account that he is following, that’s of RSS. There is no official statement behind the move but, according to reports, the members have joined the social media site to counter misinformation spread by parody accounts.

Source: The Telegraph July 01, 2019 14:24 UTC