Case filed against Akhilesh over ‘derogatory’ tweets

Lucknow: UP BJP spokesperson Rakesh Tripathi lodged a complaint against SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, party’s state president Naresh Uttam Patel in Lucknow MP/MLA court in connection with the use of derogatory language used against him by a Twitter handle operated by SP Media cell. The court fixed January 7 as the next date of hearing.In his complaint, Tripathi accused the SP Media Cell of using “salacious language for his family members” after he routinely tweeted against SP and its political standing.He said that the handle has been consistently making derogatory references against him and his family since December 1. Tripathi said that as a state spokesperson of the party, it was his job to react against his party’s political opponent.Tripathi attached the screenshots of the tweets made by @MediaCellSP, which describes itself as “Official @smajwadiparty Media cell. Tripathi especially attached the screenshots of SP Media Cell tweets that made offending references to a host of senior BJP leaders.The UP BJP spokesperson said that initially he shrugged off the offensive comments made against him as “out of sheer political vendetta”. “However, the handle kept ‘hurling abusive language’ that dented the image of me and my family,” he said in the complaint.