JULY 4- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has toppled Congress MP Shashi Tharoor to become the most popular politician on microbloggiong website Twitter.
According to reports, Modi is now the most followed Indian politician on Twitter.
The recently appointed BJP poll campaign chief has 1,821,1119 followers on Twitter while Tharoor retains second position with 1,820728 fans.
BJP has claimed that Narendra Modi`s popularity on social media is an indication of his increasing popularity ahead of 2014 elections. The Congress, however, rubbished the claim saying that popularity on social media can`t be linked to elections.
BJP is reportedly strategising to use social media as a key weapon in the forthcoming elections. The party has already formed a separate IT team in Bangalore to accomplish the task. The team is actively involved in preparation of database of voters on social media.
