By IANS,
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday supported the government’s view on objectionable content on the social networking sites but said Communications Minister Kapil Sibal’s way of approaching the issue is not right.
“We condemn if some distortion has taken place on such sites. No political party would approve distortion of images of public figures on the social network sites,” said BJP leader S.S. Ahluwalia.
But he said that “Sibal’s way of regulating them is not okay”.
Ahluwalia compared the government’s move to ask the social networking sites to block objectionable content with the way it treated yoga guru Baba Ramdev when he protested the black money issue in Delhi earlier in the year and was asked to give a declaration on ending the agitation.
Observing that Sibal raised a valid point, the BJP leader said that the government should instead bring the regulation that it planned for these social network sites to parliament for discussion. “We will give our views then,” said Ahluwalia.
Stating that the constitution granted complete freedom of speech, Ahluwalia said the social networking sites should not promote pervert pictures or hurt religious sentiments of people.