

Common belief is that social media is a platform where one can express his or her opinions. Ravi Pokharna believed so too.

Ravi, a corporate worker at Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini in New Delhi, made a tweet on August 20 saying, "Kejriwal has 11.5 million followers till few days back now 8.7M! TOI says Twitter suspended 2.41 lakh accounts 4 promoting terror." This tweet of his was retweeted more than 200 times.

Kejriwal had 11.5M followers till few days back now 8.7M! TOI says Twitter suspended 2.4L accounts 4 promoting terror! pic.twitter.com/YdMilnyiTb Ravi Pokharna (@RaviPokharna) August 20, 2016

Three days later, the Aam Aadmi Party slapped a defamation notice on Ravi for posting defamatory and malicious content against the Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal.

"Your Tweet without a doubt is a wrongful attempt to create and propagate a connection between suspension of suspicious Twitter accounts by relevant authorities at Twitter and Twitter account of Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor and the followers of the said account," read the notice. The notice also said, "contrary to what you're trying to portray through your mala fide content... the Aam Aadmi Party is very popular and well respected political party..."

Read the full notice here:

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Puzzled on receiving a legal notice from the same Adami Party, Ravi went back to Twitter. He ran a Twitter survey asking a feedback on the work of AAP and Delhi CM Kerjiwal.

Kejriwal has sent me legal notice which mentions he is a world renowned political leader. What does the world think? September 7, 2016

@ArvindKejriwal here is my reply to your legal notice & threat of defamation! Know what world actually feels abt U! pic.twitter.com/fq2zf3hhyI Ravi Pokharna (@RaviPokharna) September 9, 2016

What good a frustrated man can do for a city!! Delhi hard luck!!! @ArvindKejriwal chill!!! pic.twitter.com/oSE1dEiXUK Ravi Pokharna (@RaviPokharna) September 4, 2016

Earlier today, he posted a reply to Kejriwals notice in another tweet. In his reply, he says, you would be content with the fact that no damage of defamation could have been possible because out of the 843 sample size of users who responded to the survey, 94% feel that you (Mr Arvind Kejriwal) are a cheat. Hence, you may not have any reputation to protect! I suspect Hon court may also question your credibility since few months back the defamation laws (which are being used against me today) were contested by you (Mr Kejriwal) in the Supreme Court as being against freedom of expression. Hope this suffice as a formal answer to the legal notice.??This is not the first time Pokharna has criticised Kejriwal. Going by his tweets, he doesnt seem to be a very big fan of the Aam Aadmi Party either.