Twitter files: Politicians, journalists and farmer news handles banned

Twitter handles of members of non-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties, journalists, farmer protest news handles and independent content creators were part of the 1,400-odd accounts banned by Twitter on government's request, according to an internal memo reviewed by Business Standard.

The internal list comprises 62 accounts that stand rescinded as of publishing of this report. It includes a member of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, founded by rebel BJP leader Hanuman Beniwal; a media co-ordinator of T S Singh Deo, Congress member and health minister of Chhattisgarh, and several handles that have ‘INC’ or ‘AAP’ -- purportedly short for India National Congress and