NEW DELHI, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost as many as 300,000 followers on Twitter, after the micro-blogging site Friday purged inactive accounts of individuals across the world.

Modi's Twitter followers now stand at 43.1 million from the previous 43.4 million.

Not only Modi, but India's main opposition Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi also became poorer by over 17,000 followers. Similarly, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has lost 91,555 followers and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 74,132 followers.

Modi is said to prefer social media over TV, print interviews or press conferences. In India, he reaches out to millions almost every day through social media.

Apart from Twitter, he uses social media site Facebook also to wish people on festivals, exchanges messages with celebrities and even with ministers.

Modi assumed power in May 2014 after his Bharatiya Janata Party swept general elections, decimating the then ruling Congress party which was mired in corruption scandals and slammed for failing to control inflation.