Legal action will be taken against those making objectionable comments on social media against the government, ministers, MPs MLAs, or government officials.
According to Nayyar Hasnain Khan, ADG of the Economic Offenses Unit, the people groups, and organizations that post rumors on social media will also be booked under the sections of the IT Act for writing Hindi under this action and investigation.
Significantly, there has been a demand for rein in the case of a toll on social media for a long time. Now a new directive has been issued on this, ADG Nair Hassain Khan of the Economic Offenses Unit has written a letter to the Principal Secretary of all the departments saying that if such cases come up in his department then inform us so that the investigation of the culprits After that, appropriate action can be taken. EOU officers have also been instructed to keep an eye on such objectionable posts.
JDU has welcomed the government’s decision. JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh says that this is an attempt to curb literal violence in the name of freedom of expression in a democracy. Action must be taken against the perpetrators of social media.
At the same time, the opposition seems unhappy with this initiative of the government and is calling it Hitlership. RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari says this is a murder of democracy. At the same time, he says that Nitish Kumar has issued such a Talibani decree to reduce the increasing influence of Tejashwi on social media.
Currently, after creating a furor over this letter, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has challenged himself to arrest himself by making personal comments against Nitish Kumar in several tweets.