New Delhi, May 10 -- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has denied any involvement in the blocking of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's Instagram posts featuring TVK Chief Vijay's swearing-in ceremony, clarifying that MeitY had nothing to do with the action taken by the social media platform, sources said on Sunday.

Sources further clarified that the blocking of the posts was a result of the social media giant's own internal mechanisms, which mistakenly flagged the LoP's posts for blocking, confirming that the affected content has now been restored on the platform.

"It has been wrongly claimed by certain social media handles that certain posts of the LoP were restricted by MeitY. It is clarified that MeitY ...