Speaking to The QuintSharma claimed that while no detailed explanation has been provided by the government yet, he suspects that the recent videos on the channel about the Pahalgam attacks may be the reason.
Since the April 22 attack, several videos on the channel have been critical of the government, with some featuring captions like ‘Laal kaaleen par amit shah ka swaagat. Mritakon Ko Shraddhanjali Dene Gaye the Ya Tamasha Banaane? ‘ (Amit Shah welcomed on a red carpet. Was he there to offer condolences to the dead or to put up a show?) and ‘Sindhu samjhauta todne ki hawabzi ko lekar phas gaye modi, Pakistan ko paani kam nahi, zyada mil raha hai’ (PM Modi faffing about the Indus water treaty, Pakistan is getting more water, not less).”
Sharma added that he did not receive any prior notice, and the authorities did not flag any specific video as a ‘threat to security.’
In a statement posted on X, Sharma had earlier called the move an attack on the freedom of the press.
‘Under the pretext of national security, the government is trying to curb a strong voice of democracy,’ he wrote. ‘Modi is not the country. Questioning the government should not be a crime. In a democracy, we have the right to raise our voices.'”