Ismail Khan, 75, has for decades been a force in Herat, Afghanistan's third-biggest city that is of huge strategic value partly due to its close proximity to Iran.
Much of the blame for the slow pace at which the Chabahar project progressed should rest on India and its over-cautious attitude.
Gandhi said Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the country.