Parliamentary panel writes to I&B ministry on Ranveer Allahbadia row, seeks steps to regulate OTT, social media: Report | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday wrote to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry over Ranveer Allahbadia‘s crass joke row, news agency PTI reported quoting sources. The panel sought the ministry’s response by February 17 on the measures, including amendments to existing laws, required to ensure that incidents like Allahbadia’s recent crass comments do not recur on social media platforms, including OTT.
Earlier, several members of the parliamentary committee raised the issue of social media influencer Ranveer Allahbadia and called for strict action and strengthening measures to curb such incidents.
BJD MP Sasmit Patra said several members cutting across party lines raised the issue and expressed the need to take stringent measures to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
BJP MPs Anil Baluni, VD Sharma, Lahar Singh Siroya and Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi were among those who raised the issue, PTI sources said.
Meanwhile, Assam Police issued fresh summons to YouTubers Ashish Chanchlani, Ranveer Allahbadia and others, in connection with a case registered against them for allegedly promoting obscenity and engaging in sexually explicit discussions on a publicly accessible YouTube show.
The case was registered with Guwahati Crime Branch on February 10, based on a complaint filed by Alok Boruah, a resident of Guwahati, against several YouTubers and influencers, including Ashish Chanchlani, Jaspreet Singh, Apoorva Makhija, Ranveer Allahbadia, and Samay Raina.
The complaint alleged that the accused had engaged in sexually explicit and vulgar discussions on the YouTube show “India’s Got Latent”, causing harm to public decency and morality.