What the White House said in India after following the Indian Prime Minister on Twitter

The cordial relations between the United States and India became more visible in the recent past when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited the United States last year and addressed the Indian people there through a wonderful event called 'Howdy Modi'.
Then in early 2020, US President Donald Trump visited India and organized an event called 'Namaste Trump' for him.
Prior to the US President's visit, the White House's Twitter handle shared the tweets of Indian President Ram North Cowan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister's Office, the Indian Embassy in the United States, the US Embassy in India and the US Ambassador to India. Accounts started following.
But earlier this week, the White House abruptly followed suit. When this came to light, rumors started circulating in Indian political circles.
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition Congress party in India, took to Twitter to express concern over the move: I urge the State Department to take note of this. "
The Indian people began to express their anger on social media in a slightly different way. With the hashtag Corona Carrier Trump on Twitter, people called the US President the source of the spread of Corona virus in India.
A Twitter user wrote: 'Ahmedabad, Agra and Delhi, wherever President Trump and his team have visited, have been badly affected by the Code 19 virus attack. Corona carrier Trump. ’Another user wrote:‘ The nation wants to know, why did the White House follow the Prime Minister of India? Hi Trump What happened to friendship?
A statement from the White House on the follow-up and the story of the follow-up revealed that the White House briefly follows the official Twitter accounts of the countries where the US president visits in order to send messages about the visit to the public. Can be shared with
But is it really that simple? Shamshad Ahmad Khan, a former ambassador and Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, who has a keen eye on the changing situation in the region, told the BBC that he thought it was the United States' India. Is a sign of dislike for their policies.
"It does not threaten to change any government policy, but it does express an outrage at the ongoing human rights abuses in India," he said.
In the opinion of Shamshad Ahmad Khan, such a signal from the United States is also important at this time because human rights violations against minorities have been on the rise in India since the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.
"India's rulers must now realize that they are slowly losing their credibility in the world. If they do not reconsider their policies soon, US-India relations may go in the wrong direction."
According to senior analyst Dr. Huma Bakai, optics plays a big role in the leadership style of President Trump and the Indian Prime Minister and they use everything as their election game.
Dr Huma Baqai sees the incident in a different light and says, "Following or not following on Twitter does not clarify the strategic relationship, so it should not be focused." But since the issue has been raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, it has caused a stir on social media, but in fact one has to look beyond Twitter and social media to examine the relationship between the two countries.