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Kejriwal claims Instagram account restricted in India, tells Meta to not 'bow down to PM Modi so much'

Дата публикации: 06-08-2026 04:34:30

Arvind Kejriwal told Meta that lack of responses and clarification from their end amounted to “pretty bad service”.

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Arvind Kejriwal told Meta that lack of responses and clarification from their end amounted to “pretty bad service”.

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Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal alleged on Thursday morning that Meta has “restricted” his Instagram account and claimed that it was unavailable in India.

Arvind Kejriwal claimed that verbal enquiries at your Meta's India office revealed that his account "has been restricted in India and is unavailable in India". (File/Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)
Arvind Kejriwal claimed that verbal enquiries at your Meta's India office revealed that his account "has been restricted in India and is unavailable in India". (File/Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

He added that he has reached out to the Meta team but has not received any response on why the account was restricted and how to remove those restrictions.

Tagging Meta in a post on X, Kejriwal wrote, “Why have you restricted my account? Verbal enquiries at your India office revealed that my account has been restricted in India and is unavailable in India. Why?”

“Noone in your office is giving any reasons. Noone is suggesting how restrictions can be removed. All emails written have elicited no response other than routine acknowledgement,” he added.

Kejriwal added that it was “pretty bad service”.

He also shared a screenshot of his Instagram 'account status', revealing that his account was “unavailable in some locations”, while none of his content was removed, his reach was not limited, he was open to use all features of Instagram and his account was monetised as well.

The former Delhi chief minister after took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said asked the social media giant to not “bow down” to him “so much”.

Also read: Meta warned of ‘safe harbour’ protection loss over Modi reel row: What is it and what happens if removed?

“Else he will allow u to run only his own account in India,” he said.

Meta's ‘apology’ over PM Modi's video

Kejriwal's claim comes a day after a senior global executive at Meta met Indian officials on Wednesday and apologised for a video message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Facebook being taken down for five hours, according to a statement by the company that owns the social media website.

Also read: 'Error restricting PM Modi's post': What top Meta executive said in apology

“I apologised to the minister on behalf of Meta for error restricting PM Modi’s post,” said Meta's chief global officer Joel Kaplan, according to a statement by the tech giant.

Kaplan tendered the apology to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister for electronics and IT, Hindustan Times reporter earlier.

The Union government had summoned Meta's top global executives after a Facebook post by Modi, addressed to the youth of India on July 28, where he promised stringent action against paper leaks, was briefly restricted on the platform.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who heads the parliamentary committee on IT, had said the post was unavailable between 12.30 am and 5.30 am.

  • Nikita Sharma

    Nikita Sharma is a Senior Content Producer with Hindustan Times. She is a Delhi-based digital journalist with five years of experience writing and editing news stories across beats including crime, politics, tech, trends and much more, both national and international. At Hindustan Times, she is part of the news team and focuses on breaking news, keeping a track of what is happening where, and chasing ever-developing news stories. She has a penchant for covering crime, geopolitics, and Indian politics with a keen eye for stories often overlooked in the daily news cycle. At Hindustan Times, she has extensively covered several key events including the US Presidential elections, Air India plane crash, Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, US’ tariff war, and others. As a Delhi aficionado, she particularly enjoys roaming and writing about the national capital — its heritage, food, art and culture, and the many problems that come with it — the pollution, waterlogging, traffic, and more. Nikita did her Bachelor in Journalism and Mass Communication from GGSIPU and started working as a digital journalist in 2021. During her first stint, she covered hyperlocal news at a Delhi-based newsroom, writing and editing stories on builder-buyer conflicts, civic issues such as potholes, waterlogging, lack of facilities at hospitals in Delhi, crippling of the city during peak monsoon season. She also wrote features covering Delhi’s art exhibitions, heritage walks, artist profiles, museums, classical Hindustani music concerts and dance shows. She entered mainstream news in 2023 and has previously worked at NDTV.Read More

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