President Pranab Mukherjee makes debut on Twitter

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday made his debut on social networking site Twitter and his account will have regular updates about his activities as well as news from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The twitter handle —@RashtrapatiBhvn — has a message “Rashtrapati Bhavan is now on Twitter. Please follow us for regular updates.” The account, which came into existence at 3 pm on Tuesday and already has over 9,000 followers, is the first one being held by a President of the country ever since the site was launched in July 2006. It was seen as an effort of the President’s office to be in constant touch with the public.