India, Aug. 4 -- Day after removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video from Facebook sparked a row, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that some social media platforms were promoting "anti-establishment" and "anti-democracy" content over national parties and issues. Dubey, who heads the department-related parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology, also flagged concerns over use of VPNs or Virtual Private Networks, which are strictly regulated in India.

The Parliamentary panel chief cited data on views garnered by various accounts to show the gap between what he called "anti-establishment" content and the mainstream political parties. Dubey said the Cockroach Janta Party, which began as a social media m...