New Delhi: Mahavir an alleged former member of the BJP IT Cell has claimed that the saffron party has a team of 150 members who cook up fake news for social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. While 20000 people get them shared on Facebook and WhatsApp thus making it real-time trending news. He further claimed that the IT cell members have direct access from party head office to district level offices.
Mahavir revealed that he earned Rs. 1000 per day for the work. The remaining top most Super150 super 150 get a whopping salary equal to the government job. In an interview given to the Youtuber Dhruv Rathee, Mahavir told that he worked from 2012 to 2015 for BJP IT Cell. Mahavir says, he would add terms like ‘Dalit‘, ‘Hindu‘ and ‘Musalman‘ in the content of the news, irrespective of the topic.
According to Mahavir, the BJP IT Cell contains top 150 members who get an opportunity to meet with the prime minister, and all the exclusive content is tailored by them, which is then shared by the lower rank members. Their main job was ‘to troll’. Members of IT Cell are a provided laptop and at least 10 mobile phones in order to access 10 different WhatsApp accounts.