Twitter action! Leena Manimekalai’s tweet related to the poster of the film ‘Kaali’ stopped

Controversy continues over the poster of Leena Manimekalai’s documentary film Kaali. Manimekalai had released the poster of the film Kali through a tweet, for which anger has been seen across the country. The poster of her film depicts a woman wearing a costume, which portrays the goddess Kali. She is smoking a cigarette and holding the flag of the LGBT community in her hand. Taking action, microblogging site Twitter has removed the controversial tweet of Leena Manimekalai on July 2.

Responding to Twitter’s action, Leena asked in a tweet whether the social media platform would also block posts by ‘hate mongers’. He wrote, this is funny. Will @TwitterIndia block 200000 hate tweets?! These lowlife trolls tweet and spread the same poster which they find objectionable.

This is hilarious.Will @TwitterIndia withhold the tweets of the 200000 hate mongers?! These lowlife trolls tweeted and spread the very same poster that they find objectionable. Kali cannot be lynched. Kali cannot be raped. Kali cannot be destroyed. She is the goddess of death. https://t.co/oVmUfRjMT3

— Leena Manimekalai (@LeenaManimekali) July 6, 2022

However, it is not clear when Twitter actually removed the tweet. That tweet has been replaced with a message from Twitter. It is written that @LeenaManimekali’s tweet has been blocked in India in response to a legal demand.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been booked for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. His comment on Goddess Kali has created a controversy. A case has been registered against Moitra in Bhopal under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for hurting religious sentiments.

On the other hand, Twitter India has also filed an appeal in the Karnataka High Court against some orders of the Central Government. The company has raised the demand to withdraw some orders of the government regarding the content. Twitter is said to have legally challenged the orders, alleging abuse of power on the part of the authorities. Twitter had gone to take action on various content including some posts, including separate Khalistan support, protests against agricultural laws and posts criticizing the government in handling the Corona pandemic. Twitter was also warned last month for not following the orders.