Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for reaching out to masses extensively via social media. PM Modi, who joined Twitter in January 2009, now has six crore (60 million) followers on the microblogging site.
The Prime Minister uses Twitter extensively to share important information with the people. Most of his addresses are beamed live on his personal Twitter handle. According to Modi's handle @narendramodi, he is following 2,354 accounts.
In September 2019, Prime Minister Modi had five crore followers. The Twitter handle of the Prime Minister's Office has 3.7 crore followers.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who joined Twitter in April 2015, has over 1.5 crore followers. Gandhi follows 267 accounts on Twitter, according to his handle.
Modi has over 4.5 crore followers on Instagram. US President Donald Trump has over 8.3 crore followers on Twitter and he follows 46 accounts.
In his virtual keynote address on Friday at the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meet, PM Modi said India is home to 1/6th of the world's humanity.
He said that India is mindful of responsibility. "We know that if India succeeds in achieving its developmental objectives, it will go a long way in achievement of global goals," he said.
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