YouTube has taken down popular Punjabi singer Kanwar Grewal's song
Rihaee, which calls for the release of Sikh prisoners.
"Content Unavailable. This content is not available on this country domain due to a legal complaint from the government," the social media platform said.
The development comes days after YouTube pulled down slain Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala's song "SYL", which was released posthumously, following a similar complaint by the government.
Reacting to the development, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal asked the Centre to revoke the "ban" Grewal's song.
Badal said the song, Rihaee, reflects sentiments of the community, which is perturbed over the continuous incarceration of Sikhs despite the completion of their jail term.
Kanwar Grewal has done nothing more than using poetry to highlight this grievance besides demanding that history books should not be rewritten, Badal said in a statement.
"This does not call for a ban under any circumstances," he added.
Asking the Centre to reconsider its decision, Badal said "such bans have the capacity to create a wrong impression about India".
"We cannot be seen to be suppressing the freedom of speech which is enshrined in our constitution," he said.
He said India is known as the world's largest democracy that respects pluralism.
"The Union government should ensure the country stays this way. Democracies which do not respect freedom of speech and expression cannot remain sustainable for long," he said. -- PTI
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