TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s follower count on Twitter has crossed the 10-million markand on Wednesday, he thanked all his followers on the social media platform for the “milestone”. Gandhi had gone past Shashi Tharoor as the most followed Congress leader on Twitter last year.
He has now notched up as Tharoor has over 6.9 million followers. However, he is still well behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has more than 48 million followers on the micro-blogging site. “10 Million Twitter followers – thank you to each and every one of you!” Gandhi tweeted.
“I will celebrate the milestone in Amethi,where I will be meeting our Congress workers & supporters today,” he said. Gandhi is visiting Amethi first time after losing the parliamentary constituency to Union minister Smriti Irani in the recently-held general election. He represented the Amethi Lok Sabha seat since 1999. He is currently a Member of Parliament from Wayanad constituency in Kerala.
