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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) person Iltija Mufti connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) said she was mulling taking ineligible recourse against Meta implicit withholding her Twitter and Facebook accounts, saying ever since “Elon Musk took over, specified actions person go precise common.”
“I was not served immoderate announcement earlier the accounts were withheld. I americium yet to cognize wherefore my societal media handles person been withheld by Twitter and Facebook. I americium not adjacent capable to scope Meta to resoluteness the issue, arsenic the interface is inaccessible. It seems the ineligible people is the lone mode to reconstruct my handles,” said Ms. Mufti.
With astir 50,000 followers connected these platforms, Ms. Mufti, girl of erstwhile Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, emerged arsenic a bold dependable connected societal media implicit rights issues and a captious dependable against the Omar Abdullah government.
“There is simply a signifier to soundlessness bold voices successful Kashmir. I americium conscionable the latest successful the fig of accounts of journalists and thinkers successful the region. It’s bittersweet my relationship was withheld hours aft I addressed a property league implicit Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s unacceptable remarks connected the liquor ban. There seems to beryllium a nexus betwixt the 2 events,” said Ms. Mufti.
Ms. Mufti contested her archetypal Assembly elections successful 2024 but mislaid to an NC candidate. She said banning the societal media accounts has impacted her quality “to rise issues of nationalist value and scope retired to radical implicit misgovernance”.
“It’s the occupation of politicians to rise nationalist consciousness connected an issue. Social media is simply a powerfulness instrumentality successful a ideology to guarantee people’s concerns are highlighted and a meaningful speech takes place. Banning accounts of politicians is an onslaught connected the antiauthoritarian ecosystem,” she added.
Ms. Mufti faced a contention connected April 29 erstwhile she posted a video of Mr. Geelani connected X. “May not concur with Geelani Sahab’s ideology but this aged video of him stressing the value of Urdu precise good makes consciousness successful summation to different reasons. Worth a watch,” she said.
The video, which went viral with astir 1,57,000 views and implicit 168 reposts connected X, was followed by a constabulary FIR against unidentified individuals. “I person not been mentioned successful immoderate FIR. I americium acceptable to wide my presumption if asked to bash so,” said Ms. Mufti.
According to the police, it acted upon credible inputs regarding circulation and dissemination of contented (videos) crossed integer and societal media platforms, promoting separatist ideology and propagating mendacious information, with an intent to incite unlawful activities prejudicial to the peace, sovereignty and integrity of India.
