Last Thursday, the union ministry of power’s Twitter account broke its pattern of updates – about meetings chaired by the minister, press releases, and inaugurations – to put out a series of unusual tweets tagging a journalist covering the energy sector.
The ministry referred to a tweet – without specifying which one – by Business Standard correspondent Shreya Jai, and said that it displayed “an utter ignorance of the sector which she is reported to be covering”. “Clarifying” the government’s coal import policy, the ministry said that “anyone with minimal intelligence will understand this. Unfortunately, this correspondent does not”.
