Dorsey's ‘pressure’ claim: Congress blasts Modi govt for muzzling farmers' voice through Twitter crackdown

Shrinate, who is also the chairperson of social media & digital platforms of Congress, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping mum on the demands of farmers and added that crackdowns were launched at Twitter offices across the country by the BJP government to 'intimidate' the social media platform so that 'truth' does not come out in the open.

Hyderabad:Amid former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claim on ‘pressure’ from India, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate on Tuesday took a swipe at the BJP-led Centre for its 'crackdown' on the biggest microblogging site's offices across the country during the farmers' agitation.

She also took on BJP's IT cell for spreading lies and disseminating wrong information through fake news to muzzle the voice of farmers during their protests. "It's saddening that murder of democracy is being done in the mother of democracy. When farmers were agitating at the Delhi border for more than a year, braving harsh winter, summer and rain, they were being called 'mawali, Khalistani, Pakistani & terrorists' and platforms like Twitter were being told that if they show farmers, they will be shut down in India and raided...," Sirnet told media.

Sirnet, who is also the chairperson of social media & digital platforms of Congress, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping mum on the demands of farmers and added that crackdowns were launched at Twitter offices across the country by the BJP government to 'intimidate' the social media platform so that 'truth' does not come out in the open.

Earlier, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey alleged that the company had received “many requests” from India to block accounts covering farmers' protests and those critical of the government. While the government was yet to react to Dorsey's allegation, the Congress's wings - the Youth Congress and National Students' Union of India - took to Twitter to share the clip of his claim which he made during an interview on YouTube channel Breaking Points on Monday.