Overview

• Congress claims it sought approval through the prescribed process to text its Maharashtra cadre a YouTube link titled “How the MH 2024 Election Was Stolen.”
• Party data chief Praveen Chakravarty says the request was rejected with the label “content related to protest,” and he posted a screenshot of the message.
• Congress leaders allege a coordinated effort to suppress information, pointing to the Home Ministry, Election Commission and telecom authorities.
• Manickam Tagore publicly questioned who controls what he called a censorship chain, naming Amit Shah, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Gnaneshwar Kumar in posts on X.
• News outlets report no comment from the telecom regulator, leaving the party’s claim and shared screenshot uncorroborated by TRAI.