Nikhil Alva: The Gatekeeper of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter handle

Nikhil Alva, well-known media entrepreneur and Congress leader Margaret Alva's son, is the keeper of Congress president's Twitter handle

Rahul Gandhi formally took charge as the Congress president on December 16 and completed six months as his party's chief on Friday. Of the several changes in the party since the turnaround in Gandhi's social media outreach has surprised his political rivals and supporters alike.

Since July 2017, Gandhi has added over four million followers to his Twitter account – number of his Twitter followers is currently 7.1 million, up from 2.5 million around the same time last year. In March, Gandhi was enthused enough to take a more direct ownership of his Twitter handle, changing the handle from clumsy