The wisdom of Ankhi Das.

In his testimony to the US Congress, CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook's Community Standards policy "on hate speech bans efforts to exclude people from political participation", prohibits "threats of violence relating to voting", and prohibits "calls to action or statement of intent to bring weapons". Unfortunately, these rules do not apply to India. "On Friday, a Wall Street Journal report revealed how Facebook's Ankhi Das, its powerful director of public policy for India, South Asia and Central Asia allegedly 'opposed applying hate speech rules against a controversial Telangana politician belonging to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- T Raja Singh and at least three other' figures associated with party and its ideology," reported The Economic Times. "The WSJ report stated quoting 'current and former employees' that Das allegedly told 'staff members that punishing violations by politicians from Mr (Narendra) Modi's party would damage the company's business prospects in the country, Facebook's biggest global market by number of users'." Ankhi Das implying that hate speech rules do not apply in India and the government is vengeful led TK Arun to ask, "Why is BJP not bristling at what Facebook's Ankhi Das has to say about BJP leaders and the BJP government?"  "After about a quarter of a century (1990-2014) of relative calm, the governor's role and powers have again become a controversial issue in Indian politics," wrote Rakhahari Chatterji. "During the last few years, the governors of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra and, of course, West Bengal have played their roles in such a way as to make them highly controversial..." "The best defence offered for the partisan actions of these constitutional authorities is to engage in whataboutery by claiming that they were following the hoary traditions set by the Congress," wrote Rajdeep Sardesai. "In a sense, this is further proof of the creeping Congressification of the BJP in the Modi-Shah era, of how a self-proclaimed party with a difference is now a party of absolute power." Rumors abound of state legislators being offered $2.25-3.75 million to switch sides in Rajasthan, wrote Sadanand Dhume.
While no party is innocent, "With its bottomless pockets, these days the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party plays destabiliser-in-chief while Congress struggles to keep its state governments intact." In December 2019, there were protests all across India, mainly led by women, against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Many died in police firings and after a hate speech by a politician there were riots in North Delhi when Hindutva mobs ran riot. A peaceful sit-in by women at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi was the main thorn in the flesh. On 24 May, Modi announced a total lockdown with just 4 hours notice when the number of cases was around 500. Public health experts later said that the lockdown was imposed without taking their advice. On 17 August, the BJP announced that over 50 Muslims from Shaheen Bagh joined the party. Ankhi Das understands the swamp. All stink the same.