Delhi Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Thursday said that its official X handle, which “was not properly handed over” to the incoming BJP government by the AAP dispensation, has now been restored.
A controversy erupted last month as the CMO Delhi X handle was renamed “KejriwalAtWork”, days after the BJP won the Assembly polls held on February 5.
The BJP stormed to power in Delhi in the results announced on February 8, winning 48 of the 70 Assembly seats. Rekha Gupta became the new Chief Minister.
The BJP had accused the AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal of “hijacking” the official CMO social media account and demanded Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s intervention.
In a post on X on Thursday, the Rekha Gupta-led Chief Minister’s Office said, “We want to inform the people of Delhi that the previous government had not handed over the @CMODelhi handle properly. Under the rules of X, this handle has now come under the control of the Chief Minister’s Office. It will now share important information of the Chief Minister’s Office.”
Earlier, the CMO had written to X, seeking restoration of the official handle to it.
The BJP had demanded legal action against former chief minister Kejriwal over the renaming of the CMO Delhi handle to “KejriwalAtWork” and using it for his personal posts.
AAP leader Atishi had defended the move, saying X has a clear cut policy and legal guidelines of account ownership.
