India, Aug. 3 -- BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday questioned Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg's "intention", days after the brief removal of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's videos on Facebook. Dubey, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications & IT, further demanded an apology from Zuckerberg himself after a meeting of the panel.

Highlighting the removal of PM Modi's content, Dubey said this was "not the first time" Meta had done this. "If you recall, Zuckerberg himself made a statement in January regarding the 2024 elections and later apologised. This shows that his intention is to destabilise the country," Dubey said, according to a video by news agency ANI.

After chairing...