After Kashmir and Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh became the third state in India where mobile internet was banned according to media reports. It appears that the indian or state government thinks that the farmers in Mandsaur, MP are using the internet to network and create problems. As usual, any person protesting in India is labelled as an anti national person by the indian intelligence agencies, which the standard practice according to a lawyer.
Most of the farmers are not making much money and are in debt, where will they use the internet to create problems
It would be interesting to find out the exact areas where internet has been banned, the duration of the ban and whether broadband internet services are still functional.