Tribune News Service Ludhiana February 2 After their Twitter account was withheld in the country in response to a legal demand team members of Tractor2Twitter have condemned the move. Team members said they had been raising voice of farmers protesting against the farm laws on Twitter but their Twitter account was withheld in India. In a press release on Monday team members said “We are flabbergasted by the attack on freedom of speech in our free country when we need it the most. Till now Tractor2Twitter acted as voice of the people to keep the farmer movement peaceful.” “We strongly condemn action of the authorities on our Twitter handle @tractor2twitr. We demand that gag orders should be taken back immediately. We will keep fighting for the people and keep exercising our legal and democratic rights because its our country. No action is being taken against those spreading provocative hashtags against farmers” they added. Notably when the Kisan Andolan started some youngsters of the Ludhiana district had initiated the campaign Tractor2Twitter in support of farmers who have been protesting against the farm laws. Thousands were following their Twitter account as per the information. A team member from Ludhiana later informed that their account has been restored.

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