PANJIM: Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing in curbs in the social media, Power Minister Nilesh Cabral said politicians have to undergo sleepless nights because of the ‘wrong information’ posted on social media.
“I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing curbs on social media. You may not agree to what I say, but curbs in social media are required to prevent spread of wrong information,” Cabral said, addressing the Goa Legislators’ Day’ function.
“The social media is very vocal this time. The social media is so strong now than one could even imagine,” Cabral said, adding, “If the information is right then there should not be curbs.”
“But somewhere wrong information is bringing in lot of ill-feeling in society. One of the major cause of stress today related to society and related to us is social media,” he added.
Cabral said sometimes social media carries something which has never been said. “Then people start believing that wrong information as fact of life,” he added.
Cabral said that the curbs on social media is required so that the people in the positions, especially politicians, can enjoy a good sleep. “People in the position and especially politicians have to undergo sleepless nights because of the ‘wrong information’ posted on social media,” he said.
“We, as Indians, should be able to get peaceful sleep. Your sleep is disturbed when allegations are leveled without any reason,” the Minister added.
He was speaking in the presence of Speaker Dr Pramod Sawant and Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar.
Referring to current and former MLAs, the minister said, “When we talk about legislature and getting benefits of Llgislative Assembly, we all know what stress we have gone through or we are going through.”
He added, “Expectations of the people never decreases, in fact they keep on increasing. The more work you do, the expectations rise.”
