Surprise: Congress' Karti Chidambaram 'appreciates' PM Modi's 'quitting social media' post

As PM Modi anunced on Monday evening that he was thinking of giving up his social media accounts, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram surprisingly appreciated Prime Minister's move. Karti Chidambaram in his tweet said that urge to give up social media is to be appreciated, as toxicity of medium is a bane. 

PM Modi to quit social media?

In an intriguing development on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced that he is "thinking" of giving up his social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube on Sunday. PM Modi made this anuncement on his official Twitter account. He added, "Will keep you all posted."

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one of most followed politicians across social media platforms. He has 53.3 million followers on Twitter while his official Facebook p is liked by more than 44M users. Prime Minister has 35.2 million followers on Instagram and his YouTube channel has more than 4.5 million subscribers.

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was considering giving up all his social media accounts, BJP National Spokesperson Nupur Sharma urged him to reconsider his decision. Minutes after PM Modi anunced his decision, Sharma tweeted, "t at all - Please reconsider!"

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Meanwhile, Gaurav Bhatia remarked that if PM Modi quit social media, it would be a huge loss for social media world and common man. In his tweet, Bhatia stated that if re is one man who has very effectively used social media for nation-building, it is PM Modi.  

Karti aside, Congress attacked Prime Minister, with Randeep Surjewala and Rahul Gandhi attacking:

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