Here are key Twitter warriors for BJP, Congress

With the political heat on and parties gearing up for the Twitter war to convey their messages to their voters, some key figures are set to hold the fort on the open communication platform that has over 3.4 crore users in the country.

With the political heat on and parties gearing up for the Twitter war to convey their messages to their voters, some key figures are set to hold the fort on the open communication platform that has over 3.4 crore users in the country.

NEW DELHI: With the political heat on and parties gearing up for the Twitter war to convey their messages to their voters, some key figures are set to hold the fort on the open communication platform that has over 3.4 crore users in the country. There are, however, some key influencers who are going to spread the election keywords in the run-up to the seven-phase parliamentary election starting April 11. Talking about the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the 13-member National IT and Social Media Campaign Committee is headed by National Vice President Shyam Jaju, who is very active in Twitter. The BJP Social Media Committee has IT Cell head Amit Malviya with 260K followers. Currently struggling with the task to up the hacked BJP website, Malviya is an avid tweeter.

Excited and looking forward to Lok Sabha elections 2019! #PhirEkBaarModiSarkar

— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) March 10, 2019

Other top BJP tweeters are National Spokesperson Nupur Sharma (176K followers), Khemchand Sharma (27.4K followers) and Vijay Chauthaiwale (25.3K followers), who is In-Charge, Foreign Affairs Department, in the party.

Ghar me ghus ke maarenge, PM Modi warns terrorist outfitshttps://t.co/nM2CWJXpxe via NaMo App pic.twitter.com/wioFhtlqeP

— Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) March 5, 2019

The Congress camp has Divya Spandana (813K followers), who is heading the Social Media Cell and does not skip any opportunity to take a jibe on the BJP and its policies.

The RSS didn’t participate in the Dandi March. -They were scared of the Dandi 😀 P.s the second line is a joke the first is a fact. #GandhiMarchesOn pic.twitter.com/TLhD38Xql3

— Divya Spandana/Ramya (@divyaspandana) March 12, 2019

The Congress Social Media Cell has five convenors -- Hasiba Amin, Ruchira Chaturvedi, Saral Patel, Pranav Vachharajani and Zoheb Shaikh. When it comes to creating an impact in Twitter, Randeep Singh Surjewala (714K followers), In-Charge of the Congress' Communication Department, is leading the pack.

Modi Govt’s NSA, Ajit Doval ’spills the beans’ & indicts BJP Govt in release of terrorist, Masood Azhar (https://t.co/XgtDuCZAdF)- Doval said, ‘Releasing Masood Azhar was a political decision’. Will PM Modi, @rsprasad admit to the anti-national act now?#BJPLovesTerrorists 1/n pic.twitter.com/xnWFdh4rCt

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 12, 2019

Priyanka Chaturvedi (639K followers), who is the Convenor - AICC Communication and National Spokesperson, and Sanjay Jha (376K followers) are other names creating waves in the micro-blogging platform.