Mahima Kaul, the policy headof Twitter India resigned amidst government warnings to the company. However,she cited personal reasons for resigning. After Ankhi Das of Facebook quit asthe India policy head in October 2020, this is the second major resignationfrom the tech giant Twitter.
While the sources say thather resignation is not linked to the warnings to Twitter by government overfirm's unwithholding of several Twitter accounts. The government had askedTwitter to withhold several accounts but Twitter restored the accounts afterwithholding them in the first instance.
Monique Meche, VicePresident, Public Policy at Twitter in a statement said, "At the start ofthis year, Mahima Kaul decided to step down from her role as Twitter PublicPolicy Director for India and South Asia to take a well-deserved break."Kaul is reported to continue until March, 2021.
Kaul had worked for overfive years in Twitter. According to sources, she has decided to resign prior tothe governmental warnings.