'Account Hacked,' Says Noida DM On 'Pappu' Jibe At Rahul Gandhi On X; Congress Demands Action

Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate said his X account was hacked after controversy erupted over his post referring to Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu."

Congress said India's bureaucracy and other non-political officials have become increasingly politicised. (Image: PTI)

Source : PTI

Gautam Buddha Nagar District Magistrate Manish Verma clarified that his official X handle was hacked after a controversy erupted over his post on the social media platform that referred to Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi as "Pappu". 

Verma approached the police and an FIR was filed at Sector 20 police station in Noida. The IAS officer also informed the people about the hacking incident through his official X account.

"Some anti-social element has misused the ID of DM Gautam Buddha Nagar and posted a wrong comment. Taking it seriously, legal action is being taken by registering an FIR immediately, and the wrong tweet/comment is being investigated by the cyber cell," he wrote in a post in Hindi.

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— DM G.B. Nagar/NOIDA (@dmgbnagar) September 13, 2024

Congress Demands Action

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said this is not a new development. "Over the last 10 years, India's bureaucracy and other non-political officials have become increasingly politicised. There is a lot of effort being made to suppress and render useless the civil service, which Sardar Patel once called the steel frame of India. Cases like this are the latest example of that effort," Ramesh said on X.

"Immediate action must be taken against this officer who has brazenly violated all rules and norms," he demanded.

उत्तर प्रदेश के गौतम बुद्ध नगर ज़िले के DM के एक्स हैंडल से आज लोकसभा में नेता प्रतिपक्ष पर बिल्कुल अनुचित और अस्वीकार्य टिप्पणी पोस्ट की गई है। यह कोई नया घटनाक्रम नहीं है; पिछले दस वर्षों में भारत की नौकरशाही और अन्य गैर-राजनीतिक अधिकारियों का राजनीतिकरण बढ़ता गया है। सिविल…

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 13, 2024

The derogatory comment about Rahul was made on a post shared by Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate. In a clip from her conversation with a historian on X, she said, "History is made and cannot be changed. Narendra Modi knows how history will remember him and that is why he is worried." In response, a post from the official X handle of the Gautam Buddha Nagar DM said, "You should think about yourself and your Pappu."