Social media should not be ignored : Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi: Social media shouldn’t be ignored, says tech-savvy Human Resource Development Minister Shashi Tharoor, who believes that politicians have now come to realize the importance of social networking.

The Congress MP from Thiruvanathapuram, who has served as UN undersecretary-general in charge of public information and who recently launched a new social networking website, Flatparty.com, feels social media shouldn’t be ignored at all.

“Social media shouldn’t be ignored. There are 10-12 percent of people who are using Internet. 70 percent of the Indian citizens have mobile phones in their hand. When there will be a convergence of the two, when 4G will replace 3G, then people will not have a problem in accessing the internet. So I think, social media will become very important in the future and we should be involved in it since the beginning,” said Tharoor, who has also served as spokesperson for the UN secretary general.