Zee Media Bureau/Biplob Ghosal
New Delhi: In a bid to connect with netizens, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday joined the popular social networking website Twitter.
The twitter handle is named as @RashtrapatiBhvn and has the cover picture of the Rashtrapati Bhavan and profile snap of Pranab Mukherjee.
The official Twitter account of Rashtrapati Bhavan will be run by President’s Secretariat and tweets will be signed by President Pranab.
Within an hour of launch, the number of followers touched 5000 and it is rapidly increasing by every passing minute.
Here are some of the tweets posted:
Rashtrapati Bhavan is now on Twitter. Please follow us for regular updates.
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) July 1, 2014
Indigenous handicraft & handlooms cherished aspect of Indian life; reflects nation’s diversity & infinite creativity. -President Mukherjee
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) July 1, 2014
President presents National Awards, Shilp Guru Awards & Sant Kabir Awards to Artisans & Weavers for 2011.
http://t.co/wluG3sAU2H
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) July 1, 2014
Among other political personalities, who have huge number of twitter followers are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
