Battlegrounds Mobile India ban demanded by MLA in a letter to PM Modi

Ninong Eringa MLA from Arunachal Pradesh alleged that Battlegrounds Mobile India aims to deceive the government and citizens by launching the same game, PUBG Mobile, with minor modifications.

Arunachal Pradesh MLA Ninong Ering has sought a ban on the upcoming Battlegrounds Mobile India game. He made this request in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ering called the game just a rebranding of earlier PUBG Mobile and claimed it had not changed much. Claiming it to be still a security concern, he asks the PM and government of India to ban it. The MLA in his letter allegedly said that (Battlegrounds Mobile India), “is a mere illusion and a trick to relaunch the same game with minor modifications and collect user data of millions of our citizens, including our children and transfer it to foreign companies and the Chinese government.” He further alleged that Krafton and Tencent are trying to sidestep Indian laws by launching a renamed version of the same game. ”Krafton has very close ties with Tencent and is now also an investor in Nodwin, which works very closely with Tencent”. The MLA also alleged that the URL of the new game on Google Play had PUBG Mobile, which hints that this is a relaunch.