{"id":8442,"date":"2026-04-25T13:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/why-is-bjp-scared-arvind-kejriwal-flags-blocked-aap-gujarat-social-media-pages-amid-civic-polls-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:41:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:11:22","slug":"why-is-bjp-scared-arvind-kejriwal-flags-blocked-aap-gujarat-social-media-pages-amid-civic-polls-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/why-is-bjp-scared-arvind-kejriwal-flags-blocked-aap-gujarat-social-media-pages-amid-civic-polls-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Why is BJP scared?\u2019: Arvind Kejriwal flags \u2018blocked\u2019 AAP Gujarat social media pages amid civic polls | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130510180,imgsize-1062138,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/the-aam-aadmi-party39s-instagram-account-for-gujarat-has-been-suspended.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Why is BJP scared?\u2019: Arvind Kejriwal flags \u2018blocked\u2019 AAP Gujarat social media pages amid civic polls\" title=\"The Aam Aadmi Party's Instagram account for Gujarat has been suspended\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The Aam Aadmi Party's Instagram account for Gujarat has been suspended\">The Aam Aadmi Party&#8217;s Instagram account for Gujarat has been suspended<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday escalated the party\u2019s attack on the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bjp\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BJP<\/a>, alleging that its Gujarat social media pages were blocked out of \u201cfear\u201d amid the ongoing local body elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Reposting a video by Gujarat AAP president Isudan Gadhvi, Kejriwal wrote on X: \u201cAam Aadmi Party&#8217;s social media FB and Insta pages have been blocked in Gujarat. Why exactly? Why is BJP so scared?\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->How Kejriwal\u2019s AAP And Raghav Chadha Drifted Apart In A Slow-Burn Political Breakup<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>In the video, Gadhvi claimed that both Facebook and Instagram pages of AAP Gujarat had been shut down, alleging political pressure. He said the platforms had collectively garnered over 8 crore views in the past month and were emerging as a \u201cvoice of the people of Gujarat.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>\u201cThe BJP in Gujarat is so terrified of the Aam Aadmi Party that now the party\u2019s Gujarat Facebook and Instagram pages have also been shut down,\u201d Gadhvi said, adding that the move was an attempt to suppress public sentiment. He asserted that if the ruling party had performed well, it would not need to resort to such measures, and expressed confidence that voters would respond decisively.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>The controversy comes as AAP\u2019s Gujarat unit\u2019s Instagram handle was suspended during the civic poll campaign, with party leaders questioning the timing and alleging a deliberate attempt to curb its outreach.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The development also follows a major political setback for AAP, with Raghav Chadha and six other Rajya Sabha MPs announcing their exit from the party and decision to join the BJP a day earlier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>AAP MLA Sanjeev Jha said the party had been receiving strong public support in Gujarat and asked whether the BJP was \u201cscared\u201d of its rising popularity. Party spokesperson Anurag Dhandha also alleged that the account was shut down under pressure from the ruling party, adding that AAP would continue its campaign.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>There was no immediate response from the BJP on the allegations.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">(With agency inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/why-is-bjp-scared-arvind-kejriwal-flags-blocked-aap-gujarat-social-media-pages-amid-civic-polls\/articleshow\/130510078.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aam Aadmi Party&#8217;s Instagram account for Gujarat has been suspended NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday escalated the party\u2019s attack on the BJP, alleging that its Gujarat social media pages were blocked out of \u201cfear\u201d amid the ongoing local body elections.Reposting a video by Gujarat AAP president Isudan Gadhvi, Kejriwal wrote on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-delhi"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}