On the occasion of the Foundation Day of the All India Trinamool Congress, on January 1, 2015, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee joined micro blogging website Twitter, calling it a new beginning. She greeted people on the New Year 2015 in her first ever tweet.
Within a year, @Mamataofficial has around 2.1 lakh followers and has posted 1170 tweets.
Mamata Banerjee has been tweeting on varied issues, ranging from making political statements, to greeting people, paying homage to icons on their birth/death anniversaries or congratulating sporting personalities for achieving success and sharing new about development in Bengal.
Here are some of top her tweets:
Mamata Banerjee’s first Tweet
Mamata Banerjee tweets in support of Aamir Khan on the intolerance issue
Mamata Banerjee tweets to protest against interference of the Centre
Mamata Banerjee congratulates Nitish Kumar after his victory in Bihar Assembly polls
Mamata Banerjee tweets on the historic decision by Bengal Government to disclose Netaji files
Mamata Banerjee posts a picture with female MPs of the party in Lok Sabha