India’s PM hands over social media accounts to mark Women’s Day

Instead of pulling publicity stunts, some rights activists said Modi’s government should instead focus on reducing high levels of sexual violence and economic disadvantages faced by women in the largely conservative and patriarchal society. — AFP

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave prominent women control of his social media accounts on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day in a move critics dismissed as a publicity stunt.

A disability activist and a water campaigner were among the women who tweeted from Modi’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts where he has tens of millions of followers.