News has been surfacing regarding one of the young Punjabi leaders, Amritpal Singh Khalsa. It has been reported that Singh, who is the head of Waris Punjab De, is no longer on Instagram. Yes, you read that right.
When digging into the same, it has been noted that Amritpal Singh’s Instagram account has been banned. A "User not found" message pops up when we visit his account. This is not the first time, but earlier taking major action by the Government of India, his Twitter account was also closed.
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India has a history of pressuring social media platforms to block accounts that are critical of the Indian government, particularly those that belong to Sikh activists and actors.
Speaking of Amritpal Singh Khalsa, the Sikh activist has always been on a news headlines. He is majorly known for giving statements regarding pro-Khalistan issues. A couple of days ago, an FIR was also lodged against Singh for glorifying arms and weapons in public.
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Also, during his public events and greetings, he used to ask youths to get baptized and take up arms as per Sikh traditions. But apart from all these issues, recently it has been important to know the reason behind the ban of his Instagram account.