The Twitter account of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was purportedly hacked on Wednesday, and started sending out explicit tweets in which Gandhi appeared to deride himself and his family. While the tweets were deleted soon after they went up, Twitter users took screenshots to save the moments for posterity.
Most of the tweets involved seeming declarations about the Congress leader’s sexuality, though others took potshots at the Gandhi family’s political legacy. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “Such lowly tactics will never drown the sane voice of reason nor deter Rahul Gandhi from raising people’s issues.”
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