Delhi CMO asks ‘X’ to restore official handle

The Delhi government has written to ‘X’ asking it to restore the “CMO Delhi” official handle, which was renamed to “KejriwalAtWork” allegedly at the behest of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.

“It has come to our notice that a “Grey Tick” Government Handle with identity “@CMODelhi”, has now been unauthorisedly 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,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in its communication to ‘X’.

The BJP had on Thursday sought Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s intervention over the renaming of the official ‘CMO Delhi’ handle on X to “KejriwalAtWork”, claiming that the AAP leader had used the platform for his own use.

The said official account of the CMO, Delhi has approximately 9,90,000 followers with a “Grey Tick” government handle.

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva had a day back strongly condemned Kejriwal for allegedly renaming the official handle which was created using public funds and had around one million followers.

“By orchestrating this digital heist, Kejriwal has not only misused government resources but also compromised peoples’ private information, for which he must face legal action,” he stated.

The CMO further requested X to send the password of the account to the authorised official ID of the Chief Minister, Delhi. “This will ensure that the said Handle/ID is not misused in future and cannot be tampered with,” the letter read.