Allahbadia row: Parl panel asks ministry to list changes in law

The controversy around Ranveer Allahbadia’s remarks dominated headlines yet another day after a parliamentary panel on Thursday asked the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to submit a note on the issue by February 17 on the amendments needed in existing laws to clamp down on controversial content. The Assam Police have summoned the influencer.

At a meeting of the standing committee on Communications and Information Technology, members from different parties voiced concern over his comments and called for stringent measures to punish him and ensure that such an incident did not recur. Allahbadia failed to appear in connection with a probe into his controversial comments on Samay Raina’s now-deleted YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent’. He was asked to remain present at Mumbai’s Khar police station on Friday, an official said.