Has The Maharashtra Government Banned Penguin Emojis?

Mumbai: Government of Maharashtra has not banned the penguin emoji. The tweet associated with the claim is from a fake Twitter handle named ANI. It is being circulating on social media that the Maharashtra government has banned the penguin emoji. A screenshot of a tweet from a Twitter handle named ANI is also being shared with the claim. Giving breaking news updates in this tweet, it is reported that the Uddhav government has banned the emoji of penguins. Sharing this screenshot on social media, users are asking whether the government is left with only this work?

The Penguin emoji is being used for the Sushant case with Aditya, son of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. This is the reason that a large number of users are sharing this claim as true on social media.

On 31 July 2020, actress Kangana Ranot had a tweet about Sushant Case. He had threatened his life in this tweet. Simultaneously, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya Thackeray was responsible for Sushant’s death. However, he did not clearly mention Aditya’s name in the tweet. He called Aditya a ‘baby penguin’ in gestures. Ever since Kangana tweet, people started calling Aditya Thackeray a ‘baby penguin’ on social media.

The Twitter handle named ANI has tweeted the news of emoji ban. His user name is – @aniparodyy. While the official Twitter handle of ANI is the user name @ANI. Apparently the handle that has been tweeted is fake.