New Delhi, Mar 19(IT): Harayana BJP minister Anil Vij on Tuesday asked Congress workers to add "pappu" prefix to their Twitter name. The development comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi started #MainBhiChowkidar campaign on Twitter.
Anil Vij advised Congress workers on Twitter to add #Pappu to their names, adding that no one from BJP will object to it.
"We have added #Chowkidar to our names and you have a problem with that. You should also prefix #Pappu to your names and we will have no objection," Vij said in a tweet.
The term 'Pappu' has been historically used by the BJP cadre to mock Congres president Rahul Gandhi.
PM Modi and several ministers from the party add "Chowkidar" prefix to their Twitter name on Sunday, following which Congress party members including Rahul Gandhi attacked the BJP, accusing it of corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal.
#ChowkidarChorHai is a common hashtag used by Congress party members to attack PM Modi and other BJP minister.
However, #MainBhiChowkidar emerged as a top trend on Twitter after it was started on Saturday.
It seems that BJP has won the online battle with 1.5 million tweets on its hashtag. Chowkidar, which literally means watchman, has been used as a prefix by many supporters of PM Modi as well.