Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued showcause notice to Twitter for not showing Leh as part of Ladakh.
The notice dated November 9 asked Twitter to explain within five working days as to why legal action should not be initiated against it for disrespecting India’s territorial integrity.
Earlier Twitter faced summons from Parliament panel for showing Leh as part of China and Twitter India representatives apologised. The IT Secretary also wrote to Twitter head Jack Dorsey on this matter.
After the Parliamentary panel headed by Meenakshi Lekhi warned the Twitter representatives of facing seven years in jail, the US-based company submitted a written apology.
Ministry in its notice sent to global vice president of Twitter has mentioned that showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir is a deliberate attempt by Twitter to undermine the will of sovereign Parliament of India which had declared Ladakh as a Union Territory of India with its headquarters in Leh.
Incidentally, Twitter showed Leh as part of People’s Republic of China after which the Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, wrote to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey raising objection to that.
In response to that Twitter removed showing Leh as part of People’s Republic of China, but it has not corrected the map to show Leh as part of the Union Territory of Ladakh.
It is still showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir, which is against the official position of the Government of India,” said the Ministry in a statement.
