Startup India Official Quits After #ProPakDovesSilent Gaffe

A controversy ensued when the Startup India handle retweeted two offensive and “irrelevant” tweets.
Suhasini Krishnan
Politics
Updated:
Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman; screenshot of Startup India’s retweets (inset). (Photo: IANS/Altered by The Quint)


Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman; screenshot of Startup India’s retweets (inset). (Photo: IANS/Altered by <b>The Quint</b>)
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The Commerce and Industry Ministry on Wednesday, through a series of tweets, said action has been taken against the individual responsible for retweeting “unwarranted and irrelevant re-tweets” on the official Startup India handle.

The controversy broke out after the handle retweeted two tweets which were “unwarranted and irrelevant.”

(Photo: Twitter/Joy)

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Published: 27 Jul 2016,10:31 PM IST

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