Punjab’s Rajya Sabha MP, Vikramjit Singh Sahney, has appealed to the Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur, urging the federal government to block social media accounts that unfold hatred by speeches, focusing on Sikhs. Sahney has additionally urged the federal government to take motion towards the house owners of those social media handles underneath the Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021, utilizing emergency powers. He has written a letter to Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur concerning this matter.
Calls for stern motion towards offenders
In his letter to Anurag Thakur, Sahney connected a file containing screenshots of hate messages, a few of which threatened to repeat the 1984 Sikh bloodbath. Sahney emphasised the necessity to shut down such entities for the peaceable coexistence of all religions and communities. He asserted that people posting derogatory feedback about any group ought to face extreme penalties.
Screenshots shared
Vikramjit Singh Sahney and Congress MLA Pargat Singh raised this difficulty in the course of the farmers’ protests, posting screenshots from social media handles as proof. While Pargat Singh referred to as for blocking social media accounts supporting farmers, he additionally criticized the Punjab authorities and police for turning a blind eye to spreading hatred.
FIRs towards offenders
Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney has demanded the speedy blocking of social media accounts propagating hate speech towards the Sikh group underneath the IT Rules, 2021. He has additionally referred to as for submitting FIRs towards the offenders and emphasised the necessity for preemptive steps to curb communal tensions.
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