In two lists of over 600 accounts and tweets either withheld or suspended by Twitter in response to orders by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, the company listed the following accounts where they actually took action. These lists were disclosed by Twitter to Lumen Database on February 10, and first reported by The Wire, and do not include accounts of several journalists and activists whose accounts have not been withheld in India. However, the list includes a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, and multiple politicians from the Aam Aadmi Party and the Indian National Congress.
Some of the following accounts may not belong to the individuals they name, and none of the accounts appear to be verified by Twitter with a blue check mark.
- Chaudhary Sukhram Singh Yadav, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (account withheld in India, along with this tweet.)
- Deepak Bansal, State Executive Member, Aam Aadmi Party Rajasthan (account withheld in India, along with one particular tweet with the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag, reading “In making a hero out of himself, Yogi Adityanath has ruined the future of his MLAs.”)
- Anand Singh, member of Aam Aadmi Party (account deleted)
- Abnit Kaur Bal, Chicago-based Twitter user with “#SupportFarmers” in bio (account withheld in India)
- @AdilKhanINC (account deleted)
- @AnilAAP (identity unclear) (account withheld in India)
- Anjana Om Modi (Parody Account of newscaster Anjana Om Kashyap, with over 13,000 followers) (account withheld in India)
- A fifteen year old student activist (account withheld in India, along with a now-deleted tweet)
- @Ankita__INC, a self-described Former District Coordinator for the National Students’ Union of India, with almost 4,400 followers (account withheld in India, along with a now-deleted tweet)
- @AvirWithRG, a pro-Congress account (account withheld in India)
- @BalasahebGajbh2 (account deleted)
- Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta) (Ugrahan), a prominent farmer union from Punjab with over 14,000 followers (account withheld in India)
- CP Gurjar, Member of Indian National Congress in Rajasthan (account and this tweet withheld in India)
- Davinder Singh, self-described farmer (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring a video posted by a different account with an injured farmer.)
- Harsh Kookna, Channel Head, DPK News (account deleted)
- @Girish195779 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet calling for the repeal of the farming laws passed recently.)
- Gurpreet Singh, artist in Bathinda, Punjab (account withheld in India, along with this tweet with pictures of protestors in Bathinda)
- @HanumanInc (account withheld in India)
- @inc_priya (account deleted)
- @Manju_SWM, self-described “Farmer, Social activist, Indian Adiwasi” (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring the same video as the one posted by user 13.)
- @INCSandeepkumar
- @indijaswal, Canada-based user with over 40,000 followers (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring a collage of an injured protester.)
- Rajat Singh, Student, Banaras Hindu University (account withheld in India)
- @irajpreet06 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet with a video version of the collage posted by user 21.)
- @IStandWithAAP (account withheld in India)
- @jaggapunjab (account withheld in India, along with this tweet with a picture of a protester.)
- Dilip Kumar, Member, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (account withheld in India)
- @jAs_0821 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring a picture comparing the murder of George Floyd and what appears to be an Indian protestor being trampled on.)
- Abhishek Chaudhary, Law Student (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- @jobanjit1131 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- @JasGKaur (account deleted)
- @JoeKingINC (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- @Karmvir47187885 (account withheld in India)
- This tweet by the Kisan Ekta Morcha calling on people to use the #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide hashtag was withheld in India, though the account itself remains accessible as Twitter refused to block access to it.
- @kuldipram4 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- @manavjivan, self-described translator with over 100,000 followers (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring snippets from news channels.)
- @mandeepjassi1 (account deleted)
- @MdToush77506104 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring a parody interview with Modi on the protests.)
- A possibly underage student with over 5,000 followers.
- Navneet Kaur Sohi (account withheld in India, along with this tweet appearing to show pictures of clashes between police and protestors.)
- @nirraishq (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring the same video posted by users 13 and 19.)
- Punit Balduwa, Member, Indian National Congress (account withheld in India, along with this tweet allegedly showing an interaction between a BJP politician and a woman.)
- Nitin Kala, State Secretary and Social Media Coordinator, Assam Pradesh Youth Congress
- @priyancapatil8 (account deleted)
- Priyanka Nayak, State General Secretary, Delhi Youth Congress (along with this tweet directed at Home Minister Amit Shah saying “we won’t budge”.)
- Rabiul Hassan, Former District Coordinator, National Students’ Union of India (account withheld in India, along with a since-deleted tweet)
- Rajendra Singh Parihar, Media Coordinator for TS Singh Deo, Chhattisgarh’s Health Minister (account withheld in India)
- Rana Bal, Executive Member — Social Media Department, Indian National Congress Punjab (account itself unaffected, but this tweet has been withheld in India)
- @reallyabhi_inc (account deleted)
- @sachin74814851 (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- Saleem Sherani (account withheld in India, along with a now-deleted tweet)
- @Sandeepnewsman (account deleted)
- Satinderpal Singh Bhullar (account withheld in India, along with two tweets)
- @Satveer12924394 (account deleted)
- Satvinder Kaur Virk (account withheld in India, along with this tweet featuring an injured protestor)
- @shanti0207 (account withheld in India)
- @SPSSM (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- Sukhmandeep Singh (account withheld in India, along with this tweet saying “they cannot stop us!”)
- Manik Goyal (account withheld in India)
- @True__Hindu (account deleted)
- Vikram Singh Sachan, Member, Indian National Congress (account withheld in India, along with this tweet)
- Waseem Ahemed, General Secretary, Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress; Co-Convener North-East Delhi IT Cell (account withheld in India)
The second list does not name any individual tweets, and appears to be populated with Twitter users from Pakistan, or users amplifying the demand for an independent Khalistan. That list of accounts may be viewed here.
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