Twitter and elections

With the Lok Sabha polls round the corner, this might be a good time to look at the top Twitter influencers among our politicians

Founded some 13 years ago, the San Francisco-based social media platform Twitter will play more than an important role in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India, if the current political narrative is to be believed. That the Parliamentary Standing Committee summoned the Twitter global chief to explain his stand on safeguarding citizens’ rights on social media platforms shows the seriousness being attached to Twitter in these fraught times.
 
Let’s check out 10 possible influencers in the Twitter gallery as the countdown to 2019 elections has begun.
 
The three ladies—Bahujan Samaj Party Chief Mayawati, newly-inducted Congress General Secretary