I come from the same country, and I recognize that Indian Nationalism is different than the European or Orwellian Nationalism. That’s a different thread though.
I come from a country that had special hearings and committees to establish Russia’s interference in the elections. Similarly, India’s elections are coming soon. When a foreign media digs up a more than 20 year old incident, that has been tried by the supreme court of India with numerous investigations and testimonials, India has a right to defend its sovereignty.
Switching gears, all democracies in the world will control to some extent Social Media like Twitter, especially during elections. Here is how the EU is censoring Twitter:
I think the outrage above is because a not so rich, non-white country like India has censored Twitter. And I am being called defensive !! EU’s censorship was okay though.