Days after the federal government framed new guidelines to carry social media and Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms accountable for content material, the Congress on Saturday mentioned the Centre is arming itself with “vast powers” and argued it was extraordinarily harmful at no cost speech and for creativity until excessive restraint was exercised.
Arguing that no person was suggesting that there needs to be “unregulated, unknown virgin territory forever in any area”, the Congress mentioned that on the similar time “there should be no attempt in the guise of non-statutory, delegated legislation, rules and executive orders, in getting control of such a vast field.”
“The problem is that no act has been passed yet. You have taken almost 3-4 years in even doing a Data Protection Act….While all that is pending, you have brought such far reaching changes and the Czar, the monarch, the master of the universe is a bureaucrat. So, I would say that it is extremely dangerous for free speech, for creativity, unless extreme restraint is exercised and unfortunately, I do not find any restraint in this government in any sector,” Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi mentioned at an AICC press convention.
In a nutshell, he mentioned “humongous, vast powers have been granted without statute, without parliamentary assent, without parliamentary scrutiny and their operation depends on the wisdom and restraint of bureaucrats who exercise them. Such restraint in many other sectors is conspicuous by its absence as far as this Government is concerned,” he added.
Singhvi additionally slammed the Government over the rise in gasoline costs.
“The Narendra Modi Government has been the most mehngi sarkaar (expensive government) for the people. It has taxed them heavily left, right and centre. This arrogant government refuses to acknowledge people’s problems or give any relief to them. It only tries to divide, deceive, dupe, distract and delude, the five favourite Ds of ‘hum do, hamare do sarkaar’,” Singhvi mentioned.
He mentioned it was unimaginable that in Covid instances, gasoline costs are taking pictures up like this. He mentioned even the RBI Governor had simply a few days in the past warned that the rise in costs of petrol and diesel may have a cascading impact.
