Twitter bans Kangana Ranaut’s account over repeated violations
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter handle has been suspended after a series of controversial tweets against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The tweets violated the guidelines of the social media network.
A Twitter spokesperson said that Ranaut’’s account permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter Rules. “We’ve been clear that we’ll take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm,” the microblogging platform added.
In the recent tweets, Kangana had demanded president rule in the state of West Bengal after Mamata Banerjee won the recent assembly elections in the state and also compared the politician to an unleashed monster.
Ranaut had urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “tame” Banerjee using his “Virat Roop” (universal form) from the “early 2000s” in Bengal and impose an emergency. Many believed that Ranaut’s tweet was in reference to the communal riots in Gujarat that led to the death of 1,000+ people in 2002 when Modi was the chief minister of the state.
Many Indians praised Twitter for finally taking action against the actor. Some claimed that this time she was not only inciting violence but also genocide.
Ranaut has been in news for her controversial tweets in the past as well