We have been contacted twice in recent weeks by private PR companies representing Indian govt. officials. Good use of govt funds?

Annie Gowen

Said : Annie Gowen, Delhi based India bureau chief for The Washington Post. Annie's twitter profile mentions her email ID :

annie.gowen@washpost.com

Annie's tweet goes as under :

Annie Gowen ‏@anniegowen 

We have been contacted twice in recent weeks by private PR companies representing Indian govt. officials. Good use of govt funds? @PMOIndia

Leaders of Congress party have taken up this matter seriously, specially on the social media, under the hashtag of modimediagate. The users have their own comments on this matter. One user's comment reads : "It seems Modiji has been misinformed that international news agencies work like Aaj Tak, Zee News and India TV."

Annie Gowen is The Post’s India bureau chief and has reported for the Post throughout South Asia and the Middle East. She spent the summer of 2011 in Iraq, examining the continued violence and ramifications of the U.S. troop withdrawal there. She is a graduate of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas and lives in New Delhi.

how #gujaratmodel conceptualised & executed. Thanx Media doesn't always sell its soul @anniegowen #modimediagate pic.twitter.com/dqoVd5vLVp

— Shaktisinh Gohil MLA (@shaktisinhgohil) November 28, 2015

Lagta hai Modi ji ko kisine bewakoof bna diya ki international news agencies work like Aaj Tak, Zee News and India Tv . #ModiMediaGate

— Chinky Pandey (@LakdibaazLaunda) November 28, 2015

@shaktisinhgohil @DrunkVinodMehta @anniegowen This matter must be taken up in the Parliament. Pretty serious!

— OBSERVER (@gdjasuja) November 28, 2015