After 'pro-Rahul' tweets, BJP leader Tarun Vijay sacks his social media handler

However, what was surprising was his bizarre tweet at 12:11 am that suggested that his account was misused and whose first sentence was “I am on morning walk and I am Ok.” The tweet continues to remain on his Twitter handle.

Picture: Tarun Vijay Twitter account.

New Delhi: BJP leader Tarun Vijay found himself in the middle of a controversy after his Twitter shot off tweets that apparently were against critical of PM Narendra Modi. The series of tweets late last night were also in support of Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Yatra. One of the tweets was also directed at a person accused by Vijay of "arrogance" because he was under the aegis of PM Modi. Caught in discomfort, Vijay clarified that he has expelled the person responsible for handling his Twitter account and has registered a police complaint for misusing his password. Today, he thanked his followers for showing faith and not believing the wrong tweets which were posted while shifting his house. “It happened when we were shifting home. Password misused and I am filing a police complaint. Changed password. Thanks to the huge number of friends who stood by me Thank you.” However, what was surprising was his bizarre tweet at 12:11 am that suggested that his account was misused and whose first sentence was “I am on morning walk and I am Ok.” The tweet continues to remain on his Twitter handle. Speaking about it to news agency ANI today, he claimed that the tweets were a "pre 2019 conspiracy." "I have deactivated it (Twitter account). This can be a plot. I will live and die for (Narendra) Modi and Amit Shah. They are Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay and Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee for us small workers. My family and I work day and night for him. My family will die for BJP. No one demanded anything. It is a pre-2019 conspiracy. Please help me from anti-BJP elements," Vijay said. Vijay got back to retweeting posts favouring the BJP and PM Modi this morning.

I am on morning walk and I am Ok. Sacked person who was handling my tweets.

— Tarun Vijay (@Tarunvijay) September 4, 2018

Last year, Vijay, taking part in an Al Jazeera discussion on the attacks on Africans in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, had cited north Indians co-existing with south Indians as proof that Indians are not racist.

Thank you friends for showing faith in us and not believing the wrong tweets. It happened when we were shifting home. Password misused and I am filing a police complaint. Changed password. Thanks to the huge number of friends who stood by me Thank you

— Tarun Vijay (@Tarunvijay) September 5, 2018

Referring to people from states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, he had said: "Why do we live with them? We have blacks... black people around us." He later denied having termed south India as black. The matter was strenuously raised by the Opposition in Parliament then.