MP CM’s new officer on special duty backs out after ‘anti-Modi’ tweets create controversy

Communication strategist Tushar Panchal was made OSD on Monday

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ ITDC NEWS E Less than 24 hours after he was appointed as the officer on special duty (OSD) to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, communication and political strategist Tushar Panchal backed out of the responsibility after a huge controversy erupted over his old and current tweets that have been perceived as as ‘anti-Modi’ and anti-ruling dispensation at Centre.

Panchal, who has been looking after the social media handles of CM Chouhan since 2015 and also managed the 2018 assembly poll campaign for him, tweeted to express his ‘inability’ to take up the responsibility on Tuesday afternoon.

“I have decided to not accept the responsibility offered to me by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and have communicated my inability to the CM,” he tweeted.

Panchal’s appointment as OSD had come on Monday evening, and he had announced the same on Twitter.