New Delhi: The Hindu Janajagruti (HJS), a rightwing Hindu body has demanded a ban on popular youth reality show MTV Splitsvilla 7.
The show which raises quite a lot of eye balls due to its youth-centric theme has been deemed as ‘not good' for the youth mentality in the country.
The members of HJS have accused the show of “eroding culture and morality of the Indian youth.” The national spokesperson of the committee, Ramesh Shinde has even claimed that the episodes are get aired without getting censored properly. “Everything goes on air without proper checks and edits,” said Shinde.
He further added that since the show is widely appreciated among the youth of the country, it actually sweeps away morality and cultural values from the minds of the youth.
“MTV Splitsvilla is an Indian television reality show that airs on MTV India. It's a ‘hunt for love' show where boys and girls compete in tasks to stay in the competition. The impact of such shows is tremendous, so much so that it erodes culture and morality of our youth, who are the responsible future citizens of this country,” he said.
Mr Shinde even claimed that shows like MTV Splitsvilla 7 add to the increasing rate of horrible offences like rape and women harassment. “Our country is plagued with the problem of rape and sexual harassment of women and such programmes add fuel to fire,” he said.
MTV Splitsvilla 7 airs every Saturday and has completed its 12 episodes successfully so far. The show is a dating reality show where known young faces are made to live inside a villa to help them to find their ‘true love.' The one pair that stays till the end of the season wins the show.
MTV Splitsvilla 7 has been hosted by Sunny Leone and Nikhil Chinapa.
