BSP chief Mayawati joins Twitter

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday, joined social networking site Twitter ‘for speedy interaction with people.

Mayawati announced her association with the microblogging site with a tweet followed by a series of posts featuring press releases by the BSP.

“This is to inform you that BSP national president Mayawati has for the first time decided to join Twitter for speedy interaction with media and masses besides expressing her views on various issues of national and political importance through Twitter,” read a statement from the party on Wednesday.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed Mayawati to the social media platform and tweeted, “Finally glad to see you here. Happy that you acknowledged and respected my request of joining twitter during our meeting in Lucknow on 13th January. Warm Regards.”