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Twitter tells its side of the story after deleting Abhijeet's account

The official statement says its just abiding by existing rules of the platform

Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Sonu Nigam
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BS Web Team New Delhi
Indian Twitterverse has been on the boil these last few days. Twitter suspended playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's account, BJP MP and actor Paresh Rawal was forced to delete his tweet on Arundhati Roy, and Sonu Nigam decided to quit Twitter in solidarity with the two. The series of events that took place on the micro-blogging website has seen accusations made against Twitter as well with pro-BJP tweeters accusing it of a bias. 

Now, Twitter has issued an official statement to substantiate the suspension. The social media giant has made it clear that they are just abiding by the rules and

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