Satire silenced: Indian artists face censorship as anti-Modi protests grow
Summary
Indian artist Brijesh Jha posted a parody video protesting the removal of voters from the election list, but Instagram removed it citing local laws. This happened amid wider protests against India’s Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, accused of biased voter roll revisions favoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party.Key Facts
- Brijesh Jha’s parody video on voter list removal gained 1.7 million views before Instagram took it down.
- India’s election commission is revising voter rolls in a process called Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
- Over 130 million voters, many Muslims, have been removed from the rolls in this process.
- Two election commissioners formally objected multiple times to decisions made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- Protesters, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, demand Kumar’s resignation over alleged vote manipulation.
- Police detained Rahul Gandhi and other leaders during a protest march in New Delhi.
- The ruling BJP party denies wrongdoing and accuses the opposition of attacking democracy.
- The government issued nearly 195,000 content-blocking orders on social media platforms from March to July 2023.
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