Paras official YouTuber arrested for insulting Arunachal Pradesh | North East Matters| Abhi and Niyu

Join this channel to get access to perks:
   / @abhiandniyu  

Chat with us on Discord:
  / discord  

‪@ParasOfficialYT‬ has been taken in custody by the police for insulting the people of Arunachal Pradesh and starting a controversy. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu had said that the youth, identified as Paras Singh, had been booked under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc), 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

This video is not to target Paras but to address his actions. We must respect everyone and make sure our words or actions don't antagonize anyone. Bharat must stay strong. Bharat must stay united.

Footage provided by ‪@lenzingweekly5603‬

#Parasofficial #NorthEast #abhiandniyu

00:00 Intro
00:26 Remarks by Paras official
01:33 Why this video?
02:10 Why NORTH EAST matters to India
05:02 Stereotyping in India
06:10 Why we LOVE North East

A 21-year-old was Tuesday apprehended in Ludhiana by the Punjab Police following a case registered in Arunachal Pradesh for his purported racial remarks against Congress MLA and former Union minister Ninong Ering and for “inciting ill will and hatred” against the people of the northeastern state.

On Sunday, Paras uploaded a video where he commented on Ering’s appearance saying he did not “look Indian” and claimed that Arunachal Pradesh was not a part of India, but in China. Paras made the comments in the context of Ering’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a ban on a game called ‘Battlegrounds Mobile India’.

The video caused widespread outrage in Arunachal Pradesh, with people from various parts of the state, including Ering himself, filing complaints.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Ering said Paras was a video game enthusiast and hence “frustrated” with his letter asking for the ban. “It would have been alright if he just wrote to me about it but instead, he started criticising my looks, my community and my state. It was very hurtful to hear those comments.”

Ering said Paras’s comments amounted to “racial discrimination”. “Now is not just me who is fighting the case — our chief minister, our deputy chief minister, all the NGOs, students organisations… all the people of Arunachal Pradesh are speaking out,” he said.

A Punjab police official said, “The youth, whose family hails from Bihar earns Rs 40,000-50,000 a month from the advertisements that he gets on YouTube on his channels. He is saying that he had no intention to hurt anyone with the video he posted about Arunachal MLA and he never knew it would snowball.”

(Description text from The Indian Express)

A video by Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha & Niyati Mavinkurve

Facebook:   / abhiandniyu  
Instagram:   / abhiandniyu  
Twitter:   / abhiandniyu  

About Us:
Abhi and Niyu is the fastest growing Indian educational YouTube channel. Abhi and Niyu are a husband-wife couple who believe in the power of our youth.

Abhi and Niyu started their page to talk about positive, impactful ideas and to inspire offline action from online content. It was a way to change the way our negative feeds operated and replace negative news with positive, action-oriented news that made some change. They decode and simplify issues for Millenials and believe small steps lead to big outcomes in the future. Their videos span different genres like history, environment, and sustainability, policy discussions, social commentary, economics, personal finance, among others.