Head Of Policy X For India And South Asia Resigns Amid Legal Feud With Government Of India

Samiran Gupta, has resigned from X (photo: twitter @Samiran01)

JAKARTA - Head of policy X for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned from his position. This is the top level resignation that comes ahead of elections in India. Especially when the company engaged in legal battles with the Indian government regarding content removal.

Samiran Gupta is India's top X official and is responsible for "key-related policy issues" and "demanding X's position regarding the development of new policies and supporting domestic sales organizations," as stated in his LinkedIn profile.

Gupta's profile on LinkedIn also mentions that his term at X ended in September and he has "allowed a leadership transition to Twitter after being acquired by X-Corp led by Elon Musk."

He joined X in February 2022, eight months before Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter Inc. was completed.

X considers India as a key market with around 27 million users. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other government officials are active users of this platform.

According to one source, X has about 15 employees in India in compliance and engineering, but Samiran Gupta is the only executive involved in interactions with governments and political parties.

X is currently filing an appeal against an Indian court ruling stating that the company failed to comply with a government order to remove certain content. The Indian government argues that X is a "platform that often does not comply with the rules" that for years have not followed many orders to remove content, which has undermined the role of the government.

This feud comes amid preparations for the upcoming national elections in India, which is expected to trigger an increase in interaction between X and government officials and political parties. X and the Indian government are currently debating in court about removing content.

X has yet to comment on Gupta's departure. Samiran Gupta also declined to comment on Reuters.