The OTT platform had recently released a web-series titled “Sevak: The Confessions”, which the ministry found to be relevant to national security, sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of the state and India’s relations with foreign countries. There is danger to the relationship.
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Central government has Pakistan Screws have been tightened on the propaganda being spread in India. The Central Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Monday decided to block the website, two mobile applications, four social media accounts and a smart TV app of Pakistan-based OTT platform Vidli TV. OTT platform The Ministry had recently released a web-series titled “Sevak: The Confessions”, which the Ministry found to be critical of national security, sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of the State and India’s relations with foreign countries. There is a danger to Three episodes of the web-series have been released so far.
It is being told that official funding was done to make the web-series. The first episode of the series was released on 26 December, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attack, in which anti-India content was allegedly shown. In the opening credits of the web series, the Ashok Chakra in the Indian national flag is shown on fire. The ministry found that sensitive historical events related to India have been distorted in the web-series.
distortion of historical events
According to the ministry, the web-series will cover Operation Blue Star and its aftermath, the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, the murder of a Christian missionary named Graham Staines, the Malegaon blast, the Samjhauta Express blast, the inter-state river water disputes related to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal. has also been shown distorted. The ministry found that the Pakistani series has tried to promote hatred among the people against the Government of India. In one scene, a TV media interview is shown, in which the character playing the role of Pakistan’s Home Minister can be heard saying that “Muslims, Sikhs and Christians are India’s internal threats.”
Attempt to spread hatred between communities in India
Apart from these, the information ministry found that the web-series sought to promote separatism, disaffection and disillusionment among the Sikh community towards India, portraying Operation Blue Star as a “genocide” of “innocent Sikhs”. . In the series, Sikh policemen have been shown without turbans, through which an attempt is being made to convey the message that the policemen of Punjab termed the Sikh population as Khalistani terrorists. Apart from these, the ministry said that the purpose of the web-series was to spread hatred among Indian communities.