India’s apex child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) sought action against comedian Kunal Kamra for tweeting a “doctored” video of a boy singing a patriotic song in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The child rights body also urged for the removal of the video.
In a letter to Twitter’s grievance officer, NCPCR said a complaint was received regarding Kamra’s ‘doctored’ video of a minor singing a patriotic song to further his political agendas.
“The Commission has taken cognizance of the complaint and is of the view that using minors for propagating political ideologies is a violation of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. Further, the Commission is apprehensive that using children for such promotional purposes is harmful and detrimental to their mental well-being,” it said.
NCPCR added the video should be removed from the platform immediately and appropriate action should be taken against Kamra for posting such content.
Kamra had shared a video in which the PM is seen interacting with the child. But the comedian had replaced the song that the boy sang — ‘Hey Janmabhoomi Bharat’ — with “Mehengayi daayan khaaye jaat hain”.
