Modi's PMO gets control of official Twitter handle

“All Tweets from this account up till 26th May 2014 have been archived and can be seen here,” it said, giving the link.

BJP and Congress had sparred after the then Communication Adviser to Singh, Pankaj Pachauri, informed people through a series of tweets last week about the decision to free handle @PMOIndia and move to a new handle.

After much furore, a PMO statement had clarified the original handle, which was briefly captured by a squatter, had been secured by Twitter and will be handed over to the new dispensation.

The Modi government has apparently also managed to get all the followers who were following the handle earlier but were moved to the new handle.