Fascism: TMC on report of Cockroach Party being flagged as national security threat

Key points

• Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday accused the Centre of stifling dissent after the X account of "Cockroach Janata Party", a satirical social media page that emerged in the wake of recent remarks by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, was withheld in India.
• Reacting to the development, Moitra wrote on X, "Fascism Not Democracy.
• Our government is so scared of the youth of this country that it can’t even bear a virtual online movement.
• Please realise what odds we in the Opposition fight on a daily basis".
• Read Full Story Her remarks came after an Indian Express report said the Centre had directed X to withhold the account following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB), which flagged "national security concerns".