21 August,2016 08:55 AM IST | | Agencies
The West Bengal unit of Congress on Saturday has left red faced after a controversial comment made by Rajiv Gandhi following 1984 anti-Sikh riots was posted from its the official Twitter handle on the former PM’s 72nd birth anniversary, the party, however, claimed its account was hacked
Screen grab of the controversial post by West Bengal Congress
Kolkata: The West Bengal unit of Congress on Saturday has left red faced after a controversial comment made by Rajiv Gandhi following 1984 anti-Sikh riots was posted from its the official Twitter handle on the former PM's 72nd birth anniversary, the party, however, claimed its account was hacked.
Screen grab of the controversial post by West Bengal Congress
The tweet on the WBPCC Twitter handle said, "When a big tree falls, the ground shakes #BharatRatnaRajivGandhi." It was later removed by WBPCC.
Rajiv Gandhi had made the comment following the anti-Sikh riots, which broke out after the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984. The comment had created a major controversy.
When contacted, the State Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said, "This tweet was not posted by anyone from the Congress who handles our Twitter account. Somebody hacked the official Twitter handle and posted this tweet. This is being done with the intention to malign Rajiv Gandhi and Congress. We condemn such attempts at maligning the party and its leader and have decided to lodge a police complaint against hacking of our account."
