Rajnath Singh becomes one of top five politicians to have over 10-million Twitter followers

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NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has become one of the top five politicians in the country whose Twitter followers have crossed the 10-million mark.

Singh's Twitter handle @rajnathsingh crossed the 10 million followers mark last night, a home ministry official said.

The four other politicians in the country who have more than 10 million followers are, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (40.3 million followers), Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (13.3 million), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (11.8 million) and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (11.4 million).

The home minister's official twitter handle @HMOIndia has 2.26 million followers. It provides regular updates on his statements, policy initiatives of his ministry, his various programmes, photos and information on dignitaries who call on him.