New Delhi - Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar criticized Twitter for repeatedly violating Indian law and stated that the platform began complying with Indian laws solely from June 2022. Referring to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's accusations of government pressure and threats of closure during the farmers' protest, Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar strongly denounced them as outright falsehoods.

In an interview on the YouTube news show Breaking Points, Dorsey asserted that Twitter faced shutdown ultimatums in India, Nigeria, and Turkey unless it obeyed directives to restrict certain accounts, particularly those of journalists and protesters critical of the government. "India, for instance, had numerous requests regarding farmers' protests and specific journalists who expressed criticism of the government. These requests materialized in the form of 'we will shut Twitter down in India'... 'we will raid the homes of your employees,' which they did; 'we will shut down your offices if you don't comply.' And this is India, a democratic country," Dorsey claimed.

Dismissing Dorsey's allegations, the union minister stated that Dorsey's Twitter administration "had difficulty acknowledging the sovereignty of Indian law." "Between 2020 and 2022, Twitter violated Indian law on multiple occasions. It only began adhering to the law in 2022. Throughout that entire period, no one was arrested or subjected to raids. Jack Dorsey, well aware that Twitter did not comply with any laws and faced no consequences, is now spreading falsehoods about raids and arrests," Chandrasekhar asserted.