'Facebook ban makes no sense, not active since April 2019': BJP's Raja Singh Lodh

Telangana BJP leader T Raja Singh Lodh, who made headlines due to a foreign media post alleging Facebook’s link with political party, on Thursday said that banning him on Facebook “makes sense” and stated that he has t been using social media platform since April 2019.

While thanking Facebook for taking down several accounts operated in his name, Singh said that he wants to open a fresh account, which he would use in accordance with its policies. At same time, he requested Facebook to examine accounts of leaders of AIMIM and Congress parties and act accordingly by banning m or deleting ir content.

two-time MLA from Goshamahal constituency in old Hyderabad is kwn for making assertions that ‘target’ a mirity community. His alleged statements on Facebook including those against Rohingya Muslims had caught international attention.

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Raja Singh Lodh banned on Facebook, Instagram

Raja Singh Lodh was recently mentioned in a Wall Street Journal report on Facebook’s alleged favouritism towards ruling BJP at Centre and that company’s executive was reluctant to act against such content and politicians.

On Thursday, Facebook banned Singh from popular site and also from Instagram, reportedly for violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate.

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"We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or eng in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform, a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

 statement furr added that process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to Facebook's decision to remove his account.

For past several days, Congress and BJP have engd in a heated exchange of allegations over content promoted on Facebook and accused company and its employees of political biases. India is a crucial market for Mark Zuckerberg-led company with over 300 million users across country.

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