Parineeti’s Shout Out For Husband Raghav Chadha MP (Image-Instagram/parineetichopra)

Actress Parineeti Chopra’s husband Raghav Chadha, a Member of Parliament of the AAP party has raised his voice over piracy, which is prevalent in the film industry, during the Rajya Sabha session. He also questioned the Indian government about the steps taken to curb the menace.

Raghav Chadha, the renowned politician, on Friday raised the existing piracy issue in the film industry and shared the video on his social media handle as he drew attention to the concern. On highlighting the issue he expressed “Piracy is a significant plague that is all pervasive in the film industry and now in the OTT world as well. The film industry is facing a loss of Rs 20,000 crore annually because of piracy. Online piracy saw a 62% surge during the pandemic.”

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Moreover, in his intervention, the politician also pointed out the inability of the existing cinematographic act to curb these acts as he states “We passed the Cinematographic (Amendment) Bill, a year back but it lacks a concrete mechanism against online piracy and focuses largely on anti-cam recording in multiplexes,”

On highlighting the digital piracy issue, he questioned, “As we go digital with more movies being streamed on platforms, I ask the Government what is being done to curb the issue of digital piracy on OTT and whether the government has any plans to bring dedicated legislation for the same?”

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Reacting to the voice-out, actress Parineeti expressed her admiration for her husband as she wrote “What do I say about him, you’re a star for raising this important issue in parliament my love.” followed by a crown emoji and tagged her husband.

Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha got married last year in September in Udaipur. Chadha represents Punjab in the Rajya Sabha and, has been associated with AAP since its formation in 2012.