India, Jan. 18 -- 'Those followed by the PM claim proximity to him, which may or may not be true'.

New Delhi: Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party have called for a more "open" and "inclusive" approach regarding the way in which the Twitter accounts of top party leaders, including the accounts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party, are operated.

Informed party leaders, working in various posts, said that the Twitter handle of PM Narendra Modi (@narendramodi), the operations of which the PM had entrusted to a few of his trusted men, should follow more party leaders and workers who work for the party.

They stated that right now, the process to decide whom the PM should follow is not based on any merit, but on the discretion...