PMO says Twitter account "@PMOIndia" will be handed over to the new govt.

For reasons the PMO did not officially explain, the microblogging account @PMOIndia, with over 1.24 million followers, was renamed to @PMOIndiaArchive.

The tweets were archived, and its 1.24 million followers shifted to the new handle.

It argued that the post of the Prime Minister is permanent and nobody has exclusive right over what a Prime Minister does in his official capacity during his term in the office.

Arvind Gupta, BJP IT Cell Head said,"In an unethical manner they renamed @PMOIndia accnt,should have archived the tweets & handed over the handle."

According to experts, the tweets of the PMOIndia twitter handle are India's digital assets and it does not belong to outgoing Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

This decision of the outgoing government has set Twitter on fire with tweets questioning, criticizing and ridiculing the decision.