India, Oct. 11 -- Union minister for information technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday denied any role of the central government in the blocking of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav's official Facebook account, saying that Meta "blocked it as per its policies".

After his page was restored following Friday's suspension, Yadav took to his Facebook account and posted a quote by Jayaprakash Narayan on Saturday morning, commemorating the freedom fighter and activist's birth anniversary.

"By complete revolution, I mean to see the most suppressed person of the society at the pinnacle of power. - People's leader Jayaprakash Narayan," Yadav's post read.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister's Facebook account, which has over 8 milli...