Amit Malviya, BJP's digital messenger

Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT cell, is striving to fight the party's battles online but not always with success

Amit Malviya, the chief of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) social media cell, is in the eye of a twitterstorm. His tweets and statements subsequent to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh have brought much criticism at the doorstep of the mild-mannered former banker. Malviya has been pilloried for allegedly threatening journalists, indulging in fake news and generally bringing a bad name to his party.

Malviya’s story to the top of the party’s social media hierarchy and how it has become aggressive and vituperative under his watch is fascinating.

Towards the end of 2016, Sadhavi Khosla, a former member of BJP’s