The Indian government has been angered by an offensive video clip on Mahatma Gandhi posted on the video-sharing internet site Youtube.com and was contemplating action against the website, news reports said Saturday.
The controversial video which shows a man dressed as Gandhi - apostle of non-violence and leader of India’s freedom movement - resorting to violence, carrying an automatic rifle, gyrating to music and doing a pole dance.
India’s Information and Broadcasting Ministry was consulting the country’s Information Technology Ministry on taking “action” against Youtube, the Times of India daily reported.
The paper quoted official sources saying that the government would either block Youtube or the website would be asked to take off the offending video.
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