Twitter will not have India head, Maheshwari moves to US

Twitter, the social media giant, has decided to not appoint any country director for its operations in India. Its India head Manish Maheshwari has been moved to a new role based in the US, a senior official from the company said on Friday, amid the company's friction with the Indian government and more recently the opposition. Yu Sasamoto, the Vice President of Twitter's Japan, South Korea and Asia Pacific division, tweeted.

Thank you to @manishm for your leadership of our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congrats on your new US-based role in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new markets worldwide. Excited to see you lead this important growth opportunity for Twitter.

— yu-san (@yusasamoto) August 13, 2021

Maheshwari had found himself targeted by the BJP's Uttar Pradesh government amid a run-in with the party at the centre earlier this year, including being issued summons by the state police which were scrapped by a court last month.Twitter India will now be guided by a 'leadership council' with its key executives reporting to Twitter's overseas executives.