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Internet shutdown

29 Jan 2021

In power
BJP — Centre
Acted
Centre
Under
Rule 2(1), Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017

Three further MHA orders suspended internet services in Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri and their adjoining areas in Delhi: from 23:00 on 29 January to 23:00 on 31 January 2021, from 23:00 on 31 January to 23:00 on 2 February 2021, and from 00:00 to 23:59 on 6 February 2021. Each order cites a letter from the Delhi Police Commissioner of the same date and the approval of the Union Home Secretary, and gives public safety and averting a public emergency as the reason. [1][2][3]

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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent internet shutdown in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2026Protests demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignationIn power: BJP — Centre
  2. 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
  3. 2016Kashmir unrest after the killing of Burhan Wani, 2016In power: PDP — Jammu and Kashmir

Sources

  1. 1MHA order No. 22016/12/2019-CIS-IV: temporary suspension of internet services in Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri, 29-31 January 2021Ministry of Home Affairs, 29 Jan 2021T1 RecordArchived 17 Nov 2021
  2. 2MHA order No. 22016/12/2019-CIS-IV: temporary suspension of internet services in Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri, 31 January-2 February 2021Ministry of Home Affairs, 31 Jan 2021T1 RecordArchived 12 Feb 2021
  3. 3MHA order No. 22016/12/2019-CIS-IV: temporary suspension of internet services in Singhu, Ghazipur and Tikri, 6 February 2021Ministry of Home Affairs, 5 Feb 2021T1 RecordArchived 6 Feb 2021