The Indian judiciary is independent, much to the chagrin of the BJP whenever rulings go against them. A court-ordered block has little if anything to do with the BJP.
As much as I like questioning the government, let's please keep partisan politics out of HN. It gets tiring to read the same tropes again and again.
Indian government has a long documented history of banning things without much thought and it looks one such case. I hope it gets resolved soon as other users are reporting that they can access it fine.
Users flagged your sibling comment, no doubt because it was unsubstantive and arguably flamebait. That's against several of the site guidelines; this one, for example:
"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
An user asked me "You know this will cause more emigration right?" How is an affirmative answer supposed to be flamebait or unsubstantive? I would definitely love to hear those arguments.
How could it not be? More labour for the rest of us. Economically the benefits of immigration are unquestionable, despite scaremongering by the Western right.
