The National Commission for Women has summoned Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina and others for their “derogatory and racist” comments on the YouTube show India’s Got Latent.
The hearing will take place on February 17 at noon at the NCW’s New Delhi office.
In an official statement, the NCW said, “The Commission has taken serious note of the vulgar and offensive remarks made by content creators such as Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina, Apoorva Makhija, Jaspreet Singh, and Ashish Chanchlani, as well as the show’s producers, Tushar Poojari and Saurabh Bothra.”
The Commission has asked all seven to appear in person before it on the day of hearing.
This has come after the social media influencers and YouTubers came under the radar of netizens, politicians and celebrities over an “inappropriate” joke made by Allahbadia on the show.
The controversial episode was removed from YouTube on Monday night after much backlash. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed YouTube to remove the video after complaints about allegedly offensive language. Considering the ongoing controversy, the show’s producers deleted the much-talked-about episode. UNI JA ARN SSP
