My father lived and died in the service of India: Rahul meets Netflix

NEW DELHI: In the midst of a series of web series series referring to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congressman Rahul Gandhi said today that the BJP and the RSS believe that freedom of expression must be monitored. considers it a fundamental democratic right.

"My father lived and died serving India, the opinions of a character on a fictional web series can never change that," Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter.

His remarks occur a few days after the filing of a plea before the Delhi High Court requesting the removal of certain scenes from the Netflix series "Sacred Games", claiming that part of its content was derogatory to Rajiv Gandhi. The High Court said it would hear the plea filed by lawyer Nikhil Bhalla on Monday.

In addition, a police complaint was filed by a congressional activist in Kolkata against producers of the Web series and actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui on the issue.

"BJP / RSS believes that freedom of expression must be controlled and controlled, I believe this freedom is a fundamental democratic right," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Siddiqui, the online platform Netflix and the producers of "Sacred Games "are" jointly responsible "for abusing Rajiv Gandhi on the show, congressional activist Rajeev Sinha alleged in his complaint, filed at the Girish Park police station north of Kolkata.

The show's first season, featuring eight episodes, was released on July 6 and is available in 190 countries in four languages.