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Lucknow, October 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav’s Facebook page was restored on Saturday after being inactive for about 16 hours. Party spokesperson gave this information.
The SP alleged that the temporary suspension of the page was part of a “BJP conspiracy”.
The page went offline on Friday evening without any prior notice or explanation from Facebook.
Initially, party sources attributed the issue to a possible technical glitch, but after receiving no response from social media platforms, they started suspecting foul play.
Soon after the page was reactivated, Yadav made his first post quoting Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan: “By ‘total revolution’ I mean seeing the most oppressed people in society at the pinnacle of power.”
Though Yadav refrained from commenting on the reason for the suspension, SP sources said the party had raised the matter with Facebook through an email.
SP spokesperson Dr. Ashutosh Verma said that the investigation will reveal whether the suspension was due to a technical glitch or political interference.
“His WhatsApp and other accounts were active, so we need to see if there was any technical glitch. However, it could also be a conspiracy by the BJP,” he said.
Verma said, “In 2021, an IT Act amendment made it mandatory for all social media platforms to have two government liaison officers. The government can use this mechanism to restrict public figures. They may have tried to temporarily block Akhilesh Yadav’s content. The BJP is trying to control social media because it is a free space.”
Yadav’s Facebook page, which has over eight million followers, is a major means of his communication with party workers, supporters and the public.
The exact reason for the page’s brief suspension is unclear. While some believe it was a technical glitch, others believe it may have resulted from a complaint against the account.
–IANS
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