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Congress Slams Kejriwal, Calls Him 'Wannabe Modi' Over Alleged Censorship
- •Congress leader Pawan Khera accused Arvind Kejriwal of behaving like PM Modi, alleging he silences critics and lacks democratic accountability.
- •Khera criticized Kejriwal for promising welfare schemes but then retreating into silence or enforcing it to dodge scrutiny once in power.
- •The Congress attacked AAP for allegedly using copyright claims to take down Facebook pages of journalists critical of the Punjab government.
- •A report claimed the Punjab government flagged 48 videos/posts, leading to five Facebook page takedowns with over 30 lakh followers.
- •AAP-Punjab defended copyright claims, stating they can act against those making "baseless allegations" without proper qualifications, despite Meta restoring most pages.
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The Congress party has accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab of imposing "undeclared censorship" on the media and using intellectual property claims to remove Facebook pages of journalists critical of the government. This action has led to comparisons of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to Prime Minister Modi, with allegations that he is adopting a similar approach to criticism as the BJP-led government.
The tactic of using intellectual property claims to target social media pages run by critical journalists has been attributed to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab. Other political parties have also been accused of suppressing dissent, such as the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government in Andhra Pradesh using police machinery and the TVK government in Tamil Nadu allegedly removing critical news channels from a state-run cable network.
