Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former head of the social networking site Twitter, has alleged that the Indian government pressured Twitter management to shut down accounts that provided information on farmers’ protests.

According to the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times, the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is criticizing the former head of Twitter Jack Dorsey for his statement, while the opposition party Congress called it a sensational revelation.

Indian Minister for Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has dismissed Jack Dorsey’s allegations as lies.

He said that the behavior of the Twitter management was as if Indian laws did not apply to them, Twitter had a problem in removing wrong information.

BJP’s Information Technology (IT) chief Amit Malviya responded to Jack Darcy’s statement in a lengthy tweet, saying his allegations were not surprising ‘because Twitter had gone rogue under Darcy, who himself Operating in sovereign countries, Twitter has flouted laws, suppressed freedom of expression, and in many cases promoted separatist voices and those who worked to exacerbate social divisions, including Several Twitter employees are also involved. Darcy himself is guilty of it.’

Amit Malviya questioned why the Congress and opposition parties were getting excited over the wrong statements of a ‘weak liar’.

‘After all, what is their compulsion to stick with those who speak in opposition to India.’

BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonewala criticized the Congress saying that Rahul Gandhi’s party finds its justification for its presence only in Jack Dorsey’s statements.

In an interview on Monday on the YouTube channel Breaking Points with Crystal & Sagar, Jack Dorsey alleged that the Indian government had pressured Twitter to close the company’s offices in India and lay off employees. Houses will be raided.

Dorsey said, “During the farmers’ protests and from journalists critical of the government, we received several requests from India, and they were expressed in ways that we would shut down Twitter in India, and India is a big market for us.” Is. We will raid the houses of the employees that they did and if you do not comply, we will close your offices. And this is India, a democratic country.’

Congress social media chief Supriya Sreenathe tweeted, ‘Sensational revelations from ex-Twitter chief. The Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter and conduct raids during farmers’ protests. The real face of the cowardly dictator and oppressive government will come out.’