On 16 March 2016 govt had clearly stated in Rajya Sabha that it considers #RightToPrivacy as Fundamental Right. https://t.co/XCI7tnU4cC — Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) 1503588459000

NEW DELHI: Union minister for electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday earned flak on Twitter for claiming that the government had been in favour of privacy as a fundamental right all along. Many tweeted back at the minister with pictures of the front page of The Times of India dated May 3, which carried the headline: “Citizens don’t have absolute right over their bodies: Government”The statement was made in a press conference on Thursday, which was livetweeted from Prasad’s verified account @rsprasad. “Govt was of the view that #RightToPrivacy should be a fundamental right.”Prasad tweeted as part of the several posts forming the live tweet-cast. This post got nearly 680 replies, with many quoting the tweet and adding their comments.“Which govt? The govt of Burkina Faso ?” wrote @myopiclenses in a Twitter reply to the minister. Others got caustic in their responses.“Silly SC of India! Forming a 9 judge bench when the GoI was agreeing all along. Mr. Prasad you are awesome. Government is double awesome,” tweeted @yedei.