BGMI Ban: Is BGMI Getting Banned In India? Check Details Here

Is Battlegrounds Mobile India is also getting banned from the country? According to the latest reports, an NGO has urged the Indian government to ban the game in India.

PRAHAR is the NGO that asked the government to restrict BGMI, says the game is a threat to India’s security. The NGO is a non-profit organization that is working in the area of socio-economic development. They have written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and MeitY ( Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology). The NGO has asked them to block the Chinese app BGMI under section 69A of the IT Act. It is a threat to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of the state, and public order.

NGO PRAHAR, Urges to Ban BGMI 

The game Battlegrounds Mobile India is published by South Korean game developer Krafton. BGMI is an Indian version of the most popular game PUBG. However, PUBG Mobile was banned in 2020 with many other Chinese apps.

PRAHAR, in a letter, said, in Krafton, 15% of the stake is of Tencent, which is no different from the recent ban on another popular game Free Fire, that also had 18% of the stake of Tencent.

The president of PRAHAR, Abhay Mishra, said,

“In the so-called new avatar, the BGMI-PUBG is no different from erstwhile PUBG with Tencent still controlling it in the background.”

Just a few days ago, the Indian government has banned 54 mobile apps including Garena Free Fire. It is one of the most played mobile games in India.

In 2020, PUBG Mobile was banned in India under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. After that, Krafton brought the rebranded version of the game as BGMI, which is the same as PUBG Mobile.

The NGO said, in a letter,

We, therefore, request your ministry to include Chinese app BGMI-PUBG among the list of banned apps in India under Section 69A of the IT Act in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the state, and public order and save millions of unsuspecting players from falling prey into the Chinese trap.

Now, we need to wait for a response from Government. Will the game be banned in India? What are your views on this?