It has been recently reported that the twitter account of one of the leading news sources of Punjabi language, BBC News Punjabi has been blocked in India by Twitter on request of the central government. The account and the content of the account is now not accessible to the users of India.
The twitter has displayed a message on the twitter handle of the BBC News Punjabi for the withheld of the account which reads as, "account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand."
No exact reasons for the same have been revealed yet but it has come amid the crackdown of Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh. Earlier, six YouTube channels were blocked for promoting their pro-khalistani views. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that these channels posting their content in Punjabi language were running from abroad and were trying to create a crisis in the border state. So the central government requested Twitter to ban the accounts of these channels.
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Twitter accounts of several Punjab based journalists and many known members of the Sikh Community were banned in India amid the crackdown that the police launched for arresting Waris Punjab De head Amritpal Singh and his number of supporters. Many people connected with Amritpal have already been arrested by the Punjab police whereas Amritpal is still on the run evading the police net.