Overview
- KPCC chief Sunny Joseph refuted reports that V.T. Balram resigned or was removed, saying he remains vice-president and head of the Digital Media Cell.
- The party said Balram did not author the X post and that he intervened to have the team delete it once it was flagged as improper.
- The now-removed message, a wordplay referencing a GST reduction on bidis and Bihar, prompted a qualified apology from the KPCC.
- CPI(M) leader M. B. Rajesh condemned the Congress handle, alleging it handed the BJP a propaganda boost ahead of Bihar’s Assembly election.
- KPCC said a revamp of its social-media operations is on the agenda and instructed its digital wing not to post independently on national issues.