'BJP manipulating social media to show Modi PM favourite'

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Press Trust of India Indore
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

"You know that there are a lot of fictitious accounts on social networking sites and the BJP is managing voting on such sites to show results in its favour," Singh told reporters on a query about Modi being ahead of Gandhi in opinion polls on future prime minister.

Acknowledging that social media is "emerging as a powerful medium", Singh asked his party workers in a lighter vein to open accounts on social networking sites and follow him on Twitter to read his tweets.

  

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First Published: Sep 02 2012 | 7:45 PM IST