There's no whataboutism here - it's 3 American (foreign) companies petitioning a democratically elected local government for a free pass. Sorry, no quarter. Especially for technocratic elitist valley companies fully aware of their ability to control & shape the zeitgeist, with a history of having to defend their blatantly partisan practices in congressional hearings [1][2][3][4]. These companies are falling over themselves in an effort to cut off political advertising on their platforms, just in time for the 2020 elections, sensing an opposition faction victory[5][6], while simultaneously singing praises of the Obama campaign's 2008/2012 actions of the exact same kind [7].

Your circular references to transparency reports from the very same companies petitioning for a pass isn't convincing. CNN literally settled in court, not 8 hours ago for defamation against kids [8], whose politics they despise, despite no wrongdoing on part of the kids. These companies aren't neutral third parties, nor are they benign. They have their agendas - shaped by the powerful at their helm, who quite literally cried because an opposition party came to power [9]

As for Indian TV's criticism of the ruling party, I'm told that there is a healthy and powerful political opposition party, replete with a sympathetic media faction that openly takes their side (as are channels aligned with the ruling party), and Twitter seems to be teeming with criticisms of the establishment. India's press is generally considered free, and freedom of expression rankings are also generally high, apart from the hate-speech laws implemented by the previous administration?

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX6LlEcJ4nw

[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzF7nBmwPso

[3]: https://youtu.be/DXyU0LOqKPM?t=5111

[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik_kzn3etsE

[5]: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/30/twitter-bans-political-ads-a...

[6]: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politic...

[7]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-...

[8]: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/07/nick-s...

[9]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73eW4qjZOQw