Kunal Kamra ‘doctored video’: NCPCR summons Twitter official

The video of the boy singing a patriotic song for Modi during the Prime Minister’s trip to Germany earlier this month was tweeted by Kamra after replacing the song that the child sang, Janmabhoomi Bharat, with a Bollywood song about price rise — Mehengayi daayan khaaye jaat hain.

Kunal Kamra's 'doctored' video of boy singing for PM: NCPCR summons Twitter for not filing action report

Comedian Kunal Kamra (Instagram/@kuna_kamra)

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has summoned Twitter India’s communications director on Wednesday, saying the social media company has not yet filed an action taken report regarding a “doctored” video posted by comedian Kunal Kamra of a child singing a song for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The video of the boy singing a patriotic song for Modi during the Prime Minister’s trip to Germany earlier this month was tweeted by Kamra after replacing the song that the child sang, Janmabhoomi Bharat, with a Bollywood song about price rise — Mehengayi daayan khaaye jaat hain.

On May 5, NCPCR had sought action against Kamra for tweeting the video. “A letter in this regard was sent to your good offices… calling for an ATR (action taken report) in the instant complaint within seven days or receipt of the letter. However, no such ATR has been yet received by the commission,” the NCPCR said in a letter sent to Twitter India on Tuesday.

“It has been 15 days but Twitter is yet to submit an action taken report with us. They haven’t even informed us if the video has been removed. This is not an isolated case with Twitter, but a repeating occurrence… If they operate in India, they have to follow the law of the land,” said NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo.

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