Claiming that social media is used to promote and implement government schemes, Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, on Thursday cancelled Chief Minister V Narayanasamy’s order banning the use of WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter for official work.
In a circular, the Narayanasamy govt had directed the officers and Heads of the departments to immediately discontinue the use of WhatsApp and Facebook.
“Any foreign country can get access to these official communications and documents uploaded which is a violation of Official Secrets Act (OSA) and also against the guidelines issued by the Union Information and Technology Ministry,” the UT govt had said.
Reacting to the government decision, Bedi said social media can be used in a lot of ways to promote and implement the various govt schemes in Puducherry.
She said if Puducherry has to be a progressive Union Territory, it cannot be retrograde in communications.
“If Puducherry has to be a progressive UT it cannot be retrograde in communications. Hence @CM_Puducherry’s order stands cancelled,” Bedi tweeted.
If Puducherry has to be a progressive UT it cannot be retrograde in communications. Hence @CM_Puducherry‘s order stands cancelled:@PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/26RzCcuJIM
— Kiran Bedi (@thekiranbedi) January 5, 2017
