The Delhi government has written to the social media platform X to restore the CMO Delhi official handle after it was renamed to ‘KejriwalAtWork’ on the alleged instruction of Aam Aadmi Party leaders.
The matter came to light when BJP requested LG VK Saxena to intervene in the issue.
In an email to X on Friday, the CMO stated that its grey tick handle, which had approximately 9,90,000 followers, was changed to @KejriwalAtWork.
“As per the established practice, official accounts are not associated with individuals and are passed on to successors as and when change takes place… It is requested to X’s platform to restore ‘@CMODelhi’ and the password of the same may kindly be sent to the official email ID cmdelhi@nic.in, which is the authorised official ID of the chief minister, Delhi,” it added.
The letter further asked the social media platform to deactivate any other account having “@CMODelhi” immediately.
BJP earlier alleged that the CMO handle was renamed at the behest of AAP leaders.
Earlier, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva urged Saxena to seek a report from the IT department of govt on the renaming of the “CMO Delhi” handle on X and its alleged use for putting up posts of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
In his letter, he alleged that under the acting CM’s instructions, IT department officials converted the official social media account of the chief minister’s office, developed using govt funds and resources, into the personal account of Kejriwal, which is illegal.
BJP defeated AAP in the Feb 5 assembly polls and returned to office in Delhi after 26 years. The swearing-in ceremony of the BJP govt in Delhi is likely to take place next week.
