Facebook on Saturday suspended the page of Malayali poet K Satchidanandan for 24 hours after he posted a video mocking the Bharatiya Janat...
Facebook on Saturday suspended the page of Malayali poet K Satchidanandan for 24 hours after he posted a video mocking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s loss in the recently-concluded Kerala Assembly elections, the Manorama Online reported.
“This came last night and the reason is for posting a hilarious video about Amit Shah and the loss of the Kerala unit of the BJP in the recent Assembly polls,” Satchidanandan told the website. “I had also posted another advertisement about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I had received both these on my WhatsApp.”
The BJP failed to win a single seat in the 140-member Assembly in the state elections, while the Left Democratic Front won a clear majority, bagging 99 seats.
The poet said he was unable to create a post or share them, or even comment on through his Facebook account. He added that earlier, on April 21, he he had received warning from Facebook over one of his comments, following which his comments kept disappearing after he posted them. The ban, Satchidanandan said, should be over by Saturday night.
Late on Saturday, Satchidanandan put up a post saying, “Twelve years of poetry and protest can hardly be erased by twenty-four hours of silence.”
In another post, he said: “If the choice is between being on the...
