Twitter this morning suspended Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut's account for violating platform rules after she posted a series of incendiary tweets condemning the results of the West Bengal Assembly election in which the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) beat the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Ranaut made a series of comments on the alleged violence that took place following the results and called for President's Rule in the state using the hashtag #PresidentRuleInBengal. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed to Press Trust of India (PTI) that this suspension is permanent. What tweets might have led to the suspension? Her last tweet before the account got suspended retweeted a video showing TMC members allegedly beating up BJP women workers. Ranaut commented that this is what happens when demons get power. In the tweet before this, which directly calls for violence, Ranaut reshared a tweet that claims thousands of Hindu families were escaping "marauding mobs" who were targeting BJP supporters. Adding her own comment to this, Ranaut appears to call West Bengal Chief Minsters Mamata Banerjee, without directly naming her, an "unleashed monster" and says "we need a super gundai to kill gundai" and asks Modi to "tame her" using his "Virat Roop from early 2000s." Many saw this as a reference to the infamous communal riots that took place in Gujarat in 2002. Twitter told PTI that Ranaut's account was suspended for violating Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behaviour policies. According to the platform's rules on Hateful Conduct, users may not "promote violence against, threaten, or harass…
