New Delhi, May 22 -- The X handle of the satirical page Cockroach Janta Party was withheld following a directive from the PM Modi-led Union government after the Intelligence Bureau (IB) raised "national security concerns", The Indian Express reported citing a senior government official.

According to the report, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked X to withhold the satirical account under Section 69 (A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The official added that the input to do so came from IB, as the central agency cited a threat to the sovereignty of India.

"The IB believed that the account was posting inflammatory content through its account, which could have jeopardised the country's national sec...