Actor-turned-politician Ramya picked by Rahul Gandhi to head Congress social media team

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, May 11, 2017: As part of a major reshuffle, the Congress has chosen actor former Lok Sabha MP Ramya to head the social media team of the party. The 34-year-old actor will replace Rohtak’s Lok Sabha MP Deepender Hooda who handled the social media of the Congress for 5 years.

 

This step has been taken in view of the BJP’s dominating presence on the social media. This decision was taken by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a move to strengthen the party’s presence on various platforms of social media.

According to reports, Ramya will also put out tweets from the Twitter handle of Rahul Gandhi.

Ramya was in news last year for her controversial comment when she rebuked the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar saying, "Pakistan is a good country, not hell. Parrikar’s comments (that going to Pakistan or hell is the same thing) are not true." The actor got trolled heavily on Twitter after the comment.

A case of sedition was also filed against her by in Karnataka.

CHANGES IN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

Ramya joined the Congress in 2012 and won the Lok Sabha polls from Mandya constituency in 2013 but lost the seat in the 2014 general election.

The Congress has been making changes in its party structure after recent defeats in elections.

Ramya is on Twitter with the name of Divya Spandana/Ramya. Being quite active on Twitter, she has around 4,83,000 followers.

Courtesy; Indiatoday