{"id":182890,"date":"2025-09-05T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=182890"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:34:14","slug":"modi-govt-blocks-austrian-economist-fehlingers-account-over-dismantle-india-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/09\/05\/modi-govt-blocks-austrian-economist-fehlingers-account-over-dismantle-india-post.html","title":{"rendered":"Modi govt blocks Austrian economist Fehlinger&#8217;s account over \u2018dismantle India\u2019 post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-182891\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl.jpg 840w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl-376x220.jpg 376w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl-780x457.jpg 780w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Delhi: The Narendara Modi-led Indian government has blocked the X account of Austrian economist Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn following his post wherein he called to \u201cdismantle India\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, in his post, Fehlinger wrote, \u201cI call to dismantle India into Ex-India. Narendra Modi is Russian man. We need friend of freedom for Khalistan\u201d. Along with the remarks, Fehlinger also circulated a map showing Indian territories, including Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan as part of \u201cKhalistan,\u201d and occupied Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan. It also showed parts of India as belonging to Bangladesh and Nepal.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I call for ExIndia <br \/>India is now a hostile state to Free World<br \/>We must boycott India now! <br \/>100% tariffs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> <br \/>No EU FTA India <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vonderleyen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vonderleyen<\/a> <br \/>No Visa for Indians as long as Putins friend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> stays in power <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKJbLPrfuZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/IKJbLPrfuZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn (@GunterFehlinger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GunterFehlinger\/status\/1963641542985363956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian economist\u2019s account was disabled in India after the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology flagged the post and directed the Elon Musk-led social media platform to withhold its access in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The screenshot of Fehlinger&#8217;s post went viral, sparking criticism from political leaders and netizens and demanding action.<\/p>\n<p>Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi urged the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to raise the issue with Austria.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users also recalled a 2023 tweet in which Fehlinger had expressed support for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as \u201cpro-Russia and pro-China.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: The Narendara Modi-led Indian government has blocked the X account of Austrian economist Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn following his post wherein he called to \u201cdismantle India\u201d. According to Kashmir Media Service, in his post, Fehlinger wrote, \u201cI call to dismantle India into Ex-India. Narendra Modi is Russian man. We need friend of freedom for Khalistan\u201d. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/09\/Astran-bl.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}