The central government has sought a reply from Twitter within a week on why it has not yet taken action against the "offensive tweets" by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra which targeted Chief Justice of India and the Supreme Court. A Joint Committee for Personal Data Protection Bill on Thursday questioned representatives from Twitter on the matter, Meenakshi Lekhi, Chairperson of the parliamentary panel said.

"We wanted to know the policy of Twitter regarding which handles are promoted and which handles are suppressed, and how the social media giant judges inflammatory content," Lekhi said. The BJP MP said that Twitter in its response said that the "inappropriate language and actions" are suppressed, and blocked.