'Dimagi Naxal Party' Instagram Page Gets 2.6 Lakh Followers

An Instagram handle called 'Dimagi Naxal Party' got 1.6 lakh followers in just one day

New Delhi:

An Instagram handle called 'Dimagi Naxal Party' surfaced overnight and gained over 1.6 lakh followers in just a day. Then it disappeared just as fast as it had appeared.

The handle had 62 posts and followed some 35 people.

Information on Instagram showed the account was opened this month. The log showed the username was changed once.

Who ran the account was not mentioned.

The words "dimagi Naxal" was mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day speech while referring to the successes achieved in the government's fight against Maoists and the dangers that lurked in the shadows.

"We have succeeded in eliminating armed Naxals from the forests and liberating the nation from that crisis. However, while armed Naxals are gone, dimagi (intellectual) Naxals are lurking around," he said.

Instagram is owned by Meta, the American company founded by Mark Zuckerberg, who recently apologised over lapses in policies it used on running its platforms, including Facebook.