Karnataka congress Chief deletes a tweet against PM

The Congress in Karnataka has deleted a tweet that has labeled Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an ‘angootha-chhaap’ which means illiterate and shows regret for what is called an uncivil tweet posted by a novice social media manager. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar withdrawing the controversial post, admitted last night that it fell short of the standards of ‘civil and parliamentary language’ in political disclosure.

Mr. Shivakumar tweeted, I have always believed that civil and parliamentary language is a non-negotiable pre-requisite for political discourse. An uncivil tweet made by a novice social media manager through the Karnataka Congress official Twitter handle is regretted and stands withdrawn.

The Karnataka Congress directed a personal attack at PM Modi in the now-deleted tweet. The party’s handle tweeted in Kannada, hoping the hashtag would go viral ‘Congress built schools but Modi never went to study. Congress even set up schemes for adults to learn, Modi didn’t learn there too. People who chose to beg for a living despite beggary being prohibited are today pushing citizens to beggary. The country is suffering because of #angoothachhaap Modi.'