Maharashtra IT minister urges new Twitter CEO to help stop bullying, harassment

MUMBAI: Minister of stare for home, information and technology and senior Congress leader Satej Patil, while congratulating

Parag Agrawal

on being appointed as chief executive officer of

Twitter Inc

, has urged him to take some steps to end bullying, harassment and political trolling on Twitter.

The Congress leader has said that this 'anti-democracy' practices are witnessed rampantly on Twitter these days.

In his tweet sent out on Tuesday morning, Patil has said, "Many congratulations to IIT Mumbai alumnus @paraga for stepping up as CEO at @Twitter. Hope to see some constructive steps by #Twitter leadership to end bullying, harassment and political trolling that is rampant on the platform these days."


Parag Agrawal has been appointed as CEO of Twitter Inc on Monday to succeed co-founder Jack Dorsey. Agarwal is IIT Bombay Alumnus and joined Twitter in 2011.