India's Ministry of Information and Technology has shut down several speculations about BGMI being banned in the country. In his response to the PIL filed by a man from Hyderabad, the representative of MEITY replied that PUBG Mobile and BGMI are different games.
The aftermath of the banning of Free Fire along with 54 other Chinese apps in the country has been seen in the realm of Battlegrounds Mobile India as many rumors that Krafton's battle royale game will be banned in the country have been circulating in online when people thought BGMI was just PUBG in disguise. A middle-aged man from Hyderabad has filed a PIL calling for the game to be banned.
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Anil Stevenson Jangam, a lawyer residing in Hyderabad, had filed a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) with the Telangana High Court seeking a ban on the immensely popular game, Battlegrounds Mobile India. In his PIL, the man had stated that BGMI is extremely similar to PUBG Mobile which was banned in 2020. The PIL stated-
"BGMI and the banned application PUBG Mobile are the same game with only cosmetic changes. The new application Battlegrounds Mobile India is fraught with all the dangers its banned earlier version posed to our children and adolescents. Therefore, the new version also deserves to be banned. "
The lawyer also said that Tencent was trying to enter the country through front companies and was directly threatening India's security. The Hyderabad man believes the High Court should immediately take action to regulate online gambling and alert the central government about it.
On the other hand, N. Samaya Balan who is the representative of MEITY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) replied that PUBG Mobile and IMC (Battlegrounds Mobile India) are different from each other. In addition to this, the Central Ministry has also informed Telangana HC that it has not received any requests to ban the game.
It should be mentioned here that this is not the first time that some authorities have wanted gambling to be restricted in the country. The game has received mixed responses and even the CAIT (Confederation of All India Traders) has called for the game to be banned. A few days ago, an Assam-based NGO made a similar request to the central authorities.
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