Hrithik Mehdiratta

[Neha Singh Rathore @nehafolksinger]

अयोध्या के राम मंदिर में चढ़ावा चोरी पर BBC की ये रिपोर्ट ज़रूर देखी जानी चाहिए.

@BBC @BBCHindi

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

[BREAKING] Supreme Court accepts CBI decision to clear late PM Manmohan Singh of coal scam allegations

https://t.co/IICQACufnV

[Akhilesh Yadav @yadavakhilesh]

देशभर के आंदोलनकारियों के सूचनार्थ!

भाजपा और उनके संगी-साथियों के दुर्व्यवहार, दुर्वचनों और हिंसा को सब देख लें। इनका दुस्साहस देखिए कि अभी युवाओं को वचन दिए हुए चंद घंटे भी नहीं हुए हैं और ये भाजपाई अपने इतिहास को दोहराते हुए फिर से धोखा दे रहे हैं। भाजपा के ये संस्कारी नेताजी अपने शीर्ष नेतृत्व के दिये गये आश्वासन की सरेआम धज्जियाँ उड़ा रहे हैं और वीडियो भी बना रहे हैं। अब क्या ये भी डबल इंजन की टकराहट के कारण हो रहा है।

तुरंत गिरफ़्तारी हो!

भाजपाई तो अपने वचन के भी सगे नहीं हैं।

भरोसे का विलोम भाजपा!

[CentreGoals. @centregoals]

🚨🚨🎙️| Lisandro Martinez: “The downfall of the great has always been the joy of the mediocre.”

[Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88]

Modiji Dharam hai kya?

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Police have arrested Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi during a sit-in outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence as student-led "Cockroach" protests against the government continue despite a crackdown.

🔗 https://t.co/KuFW9s8cfN

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Tear gas and batons. Suspended metro services and mobile internet. Reported unnecessary and excessive use of force against peaceful protesters. Demonstrators in India were marching towards parliament to demand the resignation of a Union education minister following alleged examination paper leaks that affected millions of students. The Delhi Police responded with violent crackdowns.

Indian authorities must ensure that all allegations of unlawful conduct against these Cockroach Party-led protests are promptly, independently, and impartially investigated.

[Congress @INCIndia]

Under Modi, democracy looks like this 👇

[VishwaGuru_Ghantal @Vishwaguru2026]

A child being slapped during a protest has shocked the nation 😑😑💥💥

Now there are claims that efforts are being made to remove videos of the incident instead of answering the questions they raise

[Jaswinder kaur @TheReal_Jassi]

Sandeep Lamba, Additional DCP of Delhi Police, slapped a girl in the face on camera.

How can a male police officer even touch a female protestor, let alone slapping her?

I hope someone sue this arrogant prick.

#CJPProtests

[JAMSHEED @jamsheedmbnr]

@DelhiPolice @CPDelhi Wha ji , ghar jake apne bachon se bolna dusron ke bacchon ko mar ke aye hain

[Reshad Rahman @ReshadRahman]

Yesterday’s defeat changed nothing for Messi.

Leo has already completed this sport. Every major club trophy. Every individual honour. Copa América. Finalissima. The World Cup. Ballon d’Or. Champions league.

He’s carried the weight of an entire nation, and a club for many years, suffered heartbreak after heartbreak, and still fought to finish his story, which he already completed in 2022.

One defeat will not take away a lifetime of greatness, he’s in no need to prove anyone wrong.

Never forget the happiness he’s given us all, especially to Barcelona when he was here.

[Priyanshu Kumar @priyanshu__63]

नंगी पीठ पर पड़ती ये लाठियां सिर्फ उस छात्र पर नहीं बल्कि भारत के लोकतंत्र पर पड़ रही हैं 💔

भाजपा सरकार को इसका जवाब लोकतांत्रिक व्यवस्था में वोट की चोट से मिलेगा जरूर मिलेगा। देश का युवा अपने अपमान व सरकार के अहंकार को कभी नहीं भूलेगा....!!

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी भारत के इतिहास के सबसे युवा-विरोधी प्रधानमंत्री हैं - इतने युवा विरोधी कि एक नाकाम शिक्षा मंत्री धर्मेंद्र प्रधान का इस्तीफा भी नहीं ले सकते।

152 पेपर लीक। 7.5 करोड़ छात्र पीड़ित। और सज़ा एक दोषी को भी नहीं। सजा किसे मिली? मेहनती युवाओं को।

और जब इन बच्चों ने शिक्षा के जायज़ सवाल उठाए - तो जवाब में मिली लाठी और हिरासत। लीक करने वाले अपराधी आज़ाद - और वाजिब मुद्दे उठाने वाले छात्र घसीटे जाते हैं, पीटे जाते हैं।

यह सरकार सिर्फ़ युवाओं को नाकाम नहीं कर रही - उनपर टूट पड़ी है।

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Statement : IFF condemns the internet shutdown in parts of Central Delhi. No suspension order has been made public.

New Delhi, 20 July 2026

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) condemns the suspension of mobile internet services imposed today, 20 July 2026, in parts of Central Delhi, including the area around Jantar Mantar. The shutdown coincided with the 'Chalo Sansad' march called by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on the opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, where thousands of students and young people had gathered to press their demands. Permission for the march was refused. Prohibitory orders were imposed under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Routes to Parliament were sealed, and metro stations including, Patel Chowk, Rajiv Chowk and Janpath were closed. Amid reports of the use of force to disperse protesters, mobile internet was then switched off, reportedly "as a precautionary measure". We urge the immediate restoration of all telecommunication services in the capital and an end to internet shutdowns across India.

The developments of today are of immense consequence to the future of our democracy. The voices gathered at Jantar Mantar, and the residents of the national capital, need to be heard the loudest, not silenced en masse.

No order has been made public

At the time of release of this statement, no copy of any suspension order has been published by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Department of Telecommunications, the Government of NCT of Delhi or the Delhi Police. Residents of the capital do not know which authority directed the shutdown, on what grounds, over which precise areas, for which services, or for what duration. An unpublished order is an unaccountable order. It cannot be challenged before a court, and the judicial review guaranteed by the Supreme Court becomes illusory. Some reports further indicate the deployment of network jammers in parts of Central Delhi, including near Jantar Mantar. Jamming equipment finds no sanction in the legal framework for the suspension of telecommunication services at all. If jammers were deployed, the government must disclose under what legal authority.

Binding safeguards violated

On 10 January 2020, the Supreme Court in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India, (2020) 3 SCC 637 held that the freedom of speech and expression, and the freedom to carry on trade or business through the medium of the internet, are protected under Articles 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. The Court directed that every order suspending telecom services must be published. Reasons must be recorded in writing. The restriction must be proportionate, adopting the least restrictive measure available. It cannot continue indefinitely. It is subject to judicial review, and to scrutiny by a review committee.

Parliament has since replaced the framework of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885. Under Section 20(2)(b) of the Telecommunications Act, 2023, telecommunication services may be suspended only on the occurrence of a public emergency or in the interest of public safety, on the grounds specified in that provision, and for reasons recorded in writing. The Telecommunications (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024, notified on 22 November 2024, give effect to this power. A suspension order may be issued only by the Union Home Secretary or the State Home Secretary. An officer not below the rank of Joint Secretary may act in unavoidable circumstances, subject to confirmation by the competent authority within twenty four hours. Every order must clearly define the geographical area and the specific services suspended, and cannot remain in operation beyond fifteen days. Every order must also be published. A Review Committee must meet within five days of the order and record its findings on whether it complies with Section 20(2).

These safeguards are not being followed

If we account for today's shutdown against this legal architecture. The order is unpublished, in breach of Anuradha Bhasin and the Suspension Rules, 2024 alike. No recorded reasons are available to the public despite little to no reports of violence and consistent calls for the protest to be peaceful by the CJP and other organisers. The precise areas and services covered are undisclosed and so is the duration. Whether the competent authority even issued the order cannot be known. Whether the Review Committee will examine it cannot be verified. While the Suspension Rules prescribe no outer time limit for publication, a gap we have previously flagged, it cannot cut against the spirit of the Anuradha Bhasin judgement. A blanket suspension across densely populated parts of the capital, imposed as a "precaution" against a march to Parliament, is the opposite of a narrowly tailored, least restrictive measure. A shutdown timed to a protest restricts the freedoms of speech and assembly at the very moment they matter most.

The human cost of a shutdown

Access to the internet is a digital right on which the exercise of our fundamental freedoms now depends. When the network goes dark in Central Delhi, a journalist at Jantar Mantar cannot file her report or broadcast live. A street vendor on the surrounding roads cannot accept a UPI payment. A gig worker loses a day's earnings. A parent cannot confirm that a child who joined the march is safe. Cutting off communications prevents people from reaching out for help and manufactures panic in a moment which demands calm. These costs fall hardest on daily wage earners and small traders who can least absorb them. Internet based communications also promote trust between people and their government.

A pattern, not an aberration

Delhi has seen this before. On 19 December 2019, mobile services were suspended for the first time in the capital's history during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, in areas including Seelampur, Jamia Nagar and Mandi House. On 26 January 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs suspended internet services in Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri, Mukarba Chowk, Nangloi and their adjoining areas during the farmers' protests. According to the #KeepItOn coalition's report released in March 2026, India recorded 65 internet shutdowns in 2025, the highest of any democracy in the world, and accounts for 920 of the 2,102 shutdowns documented globally since 2016. We have consistently advocated against the harm these disruptions cause, from Jammu and Kashmir to Rajasthan, and from Haryana to Manipur, where a shutdown in 2023 ran for over two hundred days. The orders are rarely published on time, and the findings of review committees never see daylight.

Our demands

We call upon the Government of India and the Government of NCT of Delhi to:

1. Immediately restore all suspended telecommunication and internet services in Central Delhi.
2. Publish forthwith every suspension order passed on or around 20 July 2026, together with the reasons recorded in writing, as mandated by Anuradha Bhasin and the Telecommunications (Temporary Suspension of Services) Rules, 2024.
3. Disclose the issuing authority, the grounds, the precise areas and services covered, and the period of operation, and clarify whether network jammers were deployed and under what legal authority.
4. Place the order before the Review Committee within five days as required by the Rules, and make its findings public.
5. Reform Section 20(2)(b) of the Telecommunications Act, 2023 to provide for independent prior authorisation and real consequences for unlawful suspensions.

IFF will file applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 seeking copies of the suspension orders and the records of the Review Committee, and is examining further legal remedies.

Delhi and all of India deserve better.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Police caned protesters in New Delhi as thousands gathered for a ‘Cockroach’ movement march on parliament demanding the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan https://t.co/21rvMs3Bad

[Bloomberg @business]

Tensions rise in New Delhi as thousands of supporters of India's youth-led Cockroach movement attempt to march to the Parliament, demanding the education minister's resignation: https://t.co/0aKRup4oLw

[FRANCE 24 @FRANCE24]

Indian police baton charge protesters marching to parliament
➡️ https://t.co/kH3PdUrQR6

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Thousands of protesters are gathering in the Indian capital, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his education minister.
It follows back-to-back scandals related to examination paper leaks and cancelled tests.

Journalist Neha Poonia reports.

[Pain.𝕏 @GBarca_]

The greatest there is.

The greatest there was.

The greatest there ever will be.