Maha govt opposes plea seeking removal of Kangana’s Twitter account

The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that a petition which seeks that Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account be permanently suspended was not maintainable.
The reliefs sought by petitioner Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh were “vague”, and the plea should be dismissed, government lawyer Y P Yagnik said. Deshmukh, a city-based lawyer, said in his criminal writ petition that Twitter should be directed to permanently suspend or disable Ranaut’s account to stop the “spread of hate in the country”. Twitter should be also directed to follow guidelines and laws of the country to prevent the “misuse” of its platform, the petitioner said. He cited several controversial tweets by Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel which allegedly incited hatred against communities and the state machinery. (PTI)