Delhi also Yahoo and Microsoft cautions amid allegations the ruling party and the Gandhi dynasty are simply trying to censor criticism

The Indian government said the social network giant Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove the material that could "offend the sensibilities in India", triggering a storm of criticism from Internet users in the largest democracy in the world.

Kapil Sibal, Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology, confirmed Tuesday that he met with executives from four companies asking them to screen content, but had not reached a agreement.

Sibal said that the Government of India "does not believe in interfering with press freedom," but some of the images and statements on social networks could heighten tensions in India. That has a long history of communal violence. The minister cited a picture of pigs through the holy city of Mecca.

However, the main purpose of government is not just to stir religious sentiments.

A report in The New York Times Monday, said Sibal met the directors of four companies about six weeks ago and showed them a Facebook page with an image edited mocking Sonia Gandhi, president of the Party Congress, and said it was "unacceptable." A modified image of the current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh showed reporters Tuesday.

small critical Gandhi dynasty, which provided three prime ministers and the current policy of the country's effective leader is tolerated in India.

Last year, measures were taken to block the publication of a novel by a Spanish author who describes the life of Sonia Gandhi, who is the widow of assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and now political powerful country.

"We must take care of the sensitivity of our people. Our cultural ethos is very important to us," said Sibal.

"Our Indian Minister knows that the 48 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute. Or that generated 250 tweets a day, "he wrote.

Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, intervened in the debate via Twitter, which has been criticized by the Government of India.
"I hate the idea of ??censorship, but I saw for myself how dangerous inflammatory content on Facebook and Youtube can," he said in apparent reference to the role of the Internet riots played recurring status.

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