PM Modi's plan to 'give up' social media accounts: How internet reacted?

The post garnered thousands of likes and retweets within just a few minutes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the forces behind the mainstreaming of social media use for political communication, on Monday took the internet by a storm when he hinted he might give up his social media accounts on Sunday. 

In a Twitter post at around 9 pm, Modi said: “This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube. Will keep you all posted.” 

The post garnered thousands of likes and retweets within minutes. Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Hardeep Puri and Anurag Thakur and BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya were among those who