A user by the name of anasinbox has been banned by Facebook for 30 days for posting a status with the words 'Kamal ka phool hamari bhool'. Alongside the status, the user shared a photo of a trader's cash receipt which had the same words 'kamal ka phool hamari bhool' written at the bottom.

All the user did was highlight the fact that the receipt in question had these words printed and what they could possibly mean in context to the current government. The Facebook status read as follows - "Kamal ka phool hamari bhool. Vyapari apne cash memo par print karva kar janta se bata rahe hain ki BJP ko vote dekar galti ho gayi".

Facebook's act of banning the user for 30 days has sparked outrage on social media as there does not seem to be anything violent, abusive, racist or sexually explicit in the status in question. Many people are taking to Twitter to express their shock and disbelief at this move on the social networks part.

It does not contain a rape threat, no abuses, no death threat, no racist stuff - of course it is agnst FB community standards. Post those. - Purva Agarwala (@ppurva) September 27, 2017

Many are also questioning whether the post was banned because it presented a negative image of the government in power. The irony being here that the user only pointed out something written in a trader's receipt and did not even express any personal opinion.

@facebook hosting it's servers in the gallary of the establishment. When u talk against them u'll be banned @anasinbox pic.twitter.com/eVVwZKyERl September 27, 2017

Many people must have reported the status just because of the government connection. And as a result Facebook must have taken action. However, there does not seem to be anything untowardly objectionable in the post to justify the post being taken down, let alone a thirty day ban. We have reached out to Facebook for a comment on this incident and will update the story when we hear back from them.