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iSPIRT co-founder admits trolling anti-aadhaar activists

Will set up committee to probe charges of its members anonymously trolling the activists

Sharad Sharma of iSPIRT
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Sharad Sharma

Alnoor Peermohamed Bengaluru
India's software product lobby group iSPIRT will set up a guidelines and compliance committee to investigate allegations of its members using anonymous accounts on Twitter to troll anti-Aadhaar activists.
Sharad Sharma, co-founder and governing council member at iSPIRT, on Tuesday admitted using anonymous accounts to troll on social media those who raised questions on Aadhaar and its applications by the government. He called it a "lapse of judgement" on his part.
"Anonymity seemed easier than propriety, and as tired as I was by personal events and attacks on iSPIRT's reputation, I slipped. I won't be part of anything like this again nor
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