Noted poet K Satchidanandan has alleged that he was restrained by Facebook from liking, commenting and sharing posts for 24-hours after he tried to add on-line a satire video on the BJP’s defeat in the just lately concluded Kerala meeting polls. The poet informed media that he has additionally been barred from stay look on the social media platform for 30 days.
Satchidanandan, former secretary of Kendra Sahitya Akademi, stated when he tried to submit the video mocking the BJP’s electoral defeat, he had obtained a message from Facebook alleging violation of its neighborhood customary. He claimed that the video, broadly shared on numerous different social media platforms, was not an abusive one.
Citing his expertise, the poet alleged that the critics of the rightwing are below their watch. Justifying Facebook’s motion, the BJP state unit on Sunday stated there was a restrict for the whole lot and nobody ought to be allowed to violate the neighborhood requirements of the social media platforms.
Congress chief Shashi Tharoor and CPI(M) chief T M Thomas Isaac criticised the social media large for its motion towards Satchidanandan. In a tweet, he stated, “Deplorable that @Facebook has suspended the account of one of Kerala’s greatest living poets, @Satchida (K Satchidanandan, former Secy of the SahityaAkademi), for posting a video about BJP’s defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections.
“We should not permit censorship into our politics!” CPI(M) leader Isaac, who is also finance minister in the outgoing Kerala ministry, described it as a “most deplorable act”. “In solidarity with Satchidanandan, main modern Malayalam poet and former secretary of National Sahitya Academy, whose Facebook account has been closed for posting a video on PM Modi in relation to BJP defeat in latest Kerala election. A most deplorable act. #Facebook”, he tweeted.
Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham, an organization of artists, writers and art and literature enthusiasts based in Kerala, and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), youth wing of the CPI(M), also condemned Facebook’s decision to restrain the poet. However, spokesperson of the Kerala unit of BJP, M S Kumar said people don’t expect ‘substandard’ posts from a great poet like Satchidanandan.
“People like him ought to attempt to management themselves whereas posting such stuff on social media,” he said. No one should be allowed to violate the community standards of the social media platforms, he added.
In a stunning electoral victory, the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF rode back to power in Kerala winning 99 of the 140 seats, bucking the over four decade-long trend of Communists and Congress-led UDF coming to power alternatively. The BJP-NDA came a cropper.
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