Viral clip from Ajaz Khan's OTT show discussing 'sex positions' sparks outrage, BJP MP says action will be taken

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey assured that action would be taken against the show.

On March 14 last year, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) had blocked 18 OTT platforms for their "obscene, vulgar, and, in some instances, pornographic content".

Sharing the nearly two-minute clip from OTT reality show 'House Arrest' - hosted by former Bigg Boss contestant Ajaz Khan and available on 'ULLU' platform, Priyanka Chaturvedi claimed she has repeatedly flagged the vulgar content on such apps to the government, but is yet to get a response.

"I have raised this in the standing committee that apps such as this, namely, Ullu App and Alt Balaji have managed to escape the ban by I&B ministry on apps for obscene content. I am still awaiting their reply," the Rajya Sabha MP wrote on X.

In a separate post, Chaturvedi listed the 18 apps that were banned by the Centre last year.

"The apps blocked by the government were primarily platforms distributing explicit material. The following 18 apps were banned... Surprisingly 2 of the biggest apps were kept out- Ullu and Alt Balaji, will I&B tell the country why were they left out from this ban?" she said.

In the clip, Khan is seen asking a contestant about various Kama Sutra sex positions during his reality show. He then asks another set of contestants to demonstrate the positions.

Chaturvedi's remarks came days after the Supreme Court, on April 28, issued notices to the Centre, OTT, and social media platforms on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking direction to take appropriate steps to prohibit the streaming of obscene content.

A bench of Justices BR Gavai and AG Masih said the issue was a matter of "important concern" and sought responses from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Alt Balaji, ULLU, X, Meta Inc, Google, Mubi, Apple and others on the PIL seeking regulation of obscene content on OTT platforms and social media.

BJP MP Dubey also took note of the clip and assured that such content will not be allowed.

"This will not work @MIB_India, our committee will take action on this," he said in a post on X, tagging the I&B Ministry.

BJP Yuva Morcha Bihar chief Barun Raj Singh also demanded that such shows be taken off air. "They talk about on camera sex position (sic). All this is shown on TV and The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sleeps with its eyes closed. Such shows should be stopped immediately," he wrote on X.

He also asked I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to "save our children".