BJP sets Twitter on fire

BJP president Rajnath Singh, considered a farm leader by the party, is Twitter-savvy. On landing in the capital ahead of the resolution of the political crisis in the party, Rajnath Singh tweeted, "Reached New Delhi. Going to Shri Advaniji's residence." Twitter was afire during the entire political crisis in the saffron party. Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj tweeted soon after the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting in the night, saying, "BJP Parliamentary Board has rejected the resignation of Advaniji. There is no crisis in BJP." Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, whose elevation as BJP Campaign Committee Chairman triggered the crisis, within 30 seconds of the crisis blowing over, tweeted, "I had said yesterday that Advaniji will not disappoint lakhs of karyakartas. Today, I wholeheartedly welcome his decision." The BJP that revels in its identity of Bharatiyata (Indianness) has been the first to take to all modern gadgets. Again during the recent political crisis, when the BJP National Executive was in session, media-savvy leaders were sending out SMSes to journalists, providing latest updates on the proceedings in the conclave. The BJP Parliamentary Party issues its whip to MPs via SMS. The BJP National Executive meetings are held in five-star hotels. Meetings are always in plush auditoriums and never in the traditional bhaitak-style in which the AICC sessions are held.