All internet-based platforms to be under new PMO

The Prime Minister's Office Wednesday sought to end the controversy over the change in its Twitter handle, saying all internet-based platforms will continue to remain under the administrative control of the PMO after change of government.

"All PMO internet-based platforms and communications therein will continue to remain under the administrative control and management of the PMO after the changeover of the government," a PMO release said.

The PMO had changed its Twitter handle Tuesday, days before Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi takes oath as the next prime minister, This provoked the BJP to term it as "disgraceful, unethical and illegal".