Akhilesh Yadavs Facebook account suspended, party cites attempt to suppress opposition voice

PTC News Desk: The Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav's Facebook account has been suspended, according to party officials, citing the move as an attempt to suppress opposition voices. 

Yadav's social media account remained inaccessible for hours on Friday evening, prompting the Samajwadi Party to allege that the account has been suspended on the behest of BJP. However it was revoked after few hours.

Hitting out at the BJP, SP spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chaand wrote in Hindi on X, "The suspension of the Facebook account of the national president of the country's third-largest party, Akhilesh Yadav, is an attack on democracy. The BJP government has imposed an undeclared emergency in the country, where it wants to suppress every voice raised in opposition. However, the Samajwadi Party will continue to oppose the anti-people policies of the BJP."

Meanwhile Union I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that account had been suspended by Facebook and that the government had no such role in it. "The action has been taken by Facebook. The government has no role in it. An abusive post was made from his account, because of which Facebook has taken this decision according to its own policies," he said. 

The allegations come ahead of Bihar Assembly elections, which are being seen as a litmus test for the BJP, which is currently ruling the state in an alliance with Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and other partners.