NEW DELHI, Feb. 14 -- The Chief Minister's Office of Delhi on Friday wrote to the social media platform X to restore the "CMO Delhi" official handle allegedly renamed to "KejriwalAtWork" at the behest of the former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
It comes a day after the BJP, which won 48 seats in the recent Delhi Assembly polls, demanded Lt Governor VK Saxena's intervention in the renaming of the official 'CMO Delhi'.
In an email to X on Friday, the CMO said that its "grey tick" handle, which has approximately 9,90,000 followers, has been changed to "@KejriwalAtWork".
"As per established practice, official accounts are not associated with individuals and pass on to successors as and when change takes place...it is requested to 'X' platform to restore "@CMODelhi" and password of the same may kindly be sent to the official email ID cmdelhi@nic.in, which is the authorised official ID of Chief Minister, Delhi," the CMO said.
This will ensure that the official handle of the Chief Minister's Office is not misused in future and cannot be tampered with, the letter said, asking the social media platform to deactivate any other account having "@cmodelhi" immediately.
On Thursday, the Delhi BJP president demanded the L-G to seek a report from the IT department of the government on renaming the 'CMO Delhi' handle on X and its alleged use for putting up posts of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The BJP has returned to power in Delhi, after 26 years, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party in February 5 Assembly polls. The party government is yet to be formed.
Sachdeva accused Kejriwal of becoming a "digital looter" after his government's collapse, condemning him for allegedly repurposing an official handle created with public funds.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.