Startup India Official Quits After #ProPakDovesSilent Gaffe

A controversy ensued when the Startup India handle retweeted two offensive and “irrelevant” tweets.

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.

2/n- Moment it was noticed that @startupindia had done 2 unauthorized retweets. Right then at midnight the retweets were undone @nsitharaman

— CIM India@GOI (@CimGOI) July 27, 2016

5/n-The usual practice of getting the tweets/retweets approved from the department was not followed in this case. @nsitharaman

— CIM India@GOI (@CimGOI) July 27, 2016

7/n- The concerned employee has already put in his papers & will have nothing to do with @startupindia from hereon. @nsitharaman

— CIM India@GOI (@CimGOI) July 27, 2016

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