New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- After outperforming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the recently concluded Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh (MP), Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has asked senior party leaders to increase their social media presence. The party's minority cell has also been directed to focus on ways to increase its social media presence.

A senior Congress leader told The Sunday Guardian: "A meeting in this regard was held at the party office, and most of the senior Congressmen were present. In the meeting, the Congress president told the leaders that they must grab the opportunity provided by technology to promote the Congress' agenda and ideology."

"Rahul Gandhi said that social media has helped the ...