Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney seeks action against hatemongers

Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Vikramjit Singh Sahney wrote to Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur and demanded that accounts spreading hate against the Sikh community should be blocked immediately by the central government exercising the emergency powers under IT Rules 2021

Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Monday expressed his anguish and deep concern over numerous social media accounts engaging in hate speech and propagating communal discord against the Sikh community. In a letter to Union information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur, Sahney demanded that such accounts should be blocked immediately by the central government exercising the emergency powers under IT Rules 2021 and FIRs should be lodged against the hatemongers. Sahney enclosed screenshots of hateful remarks of various social media accounts. “Some of these remarks are derogatory, and they are spreading communal tension,” he said in a statement.

Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Monday expressed his anguish and deep concern over numerous social media accounts engaging in hate speech and propagating communal discord against the Sikh community. (HT File)