Microblogging site Twitter’s Public Policy Head for India and South Asia, Mahima Kaul resigned on Saturday citing personal reasons, a senior official of the company said.

In a statement, Monique Meche, Vice President, Twitter Public Policy, said, "At the start of this year, Mahima Kaul decided to step down from her role as Twitter Public Policy Director for India and South Asia to take a well-deserved break. It's a loss for all of us at Twitter, but after more than five years in the role, we respect her desire to focus on the most important people and relationships in her personal life."

The centre has served a showcause notice to the company for "unilaterally" unblocking around 250 accounts that had been tweeting using hashtag ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide over the ongoing farmers' agitation.

The Twitter handles had been tweeting or retweeting "fake, intimidatory and provocative tweets", according to the government.

The handles of Caravan magazine and Kisan Ekta Morcha were among those withheld. The accounts of farmers’ group Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Ugrahan were also blocked.

Twitter has said Kaul’s resignation is not related to the Centre’s action.

Prior to her resignation, Kaul has been allegedly blocking users who tagged her in posts asking her about Twitter’s pro-government stand.

Facebook’s India policy head Ankhi Das had also quit after the company’s handling of hate speech was questioned. Facebook had denied any link to her resignation and the controversy.