Controversial television show Pehredaar Piya Ki may be in some serious trouble. I&B minister Smriti Irani has taken a strong objection to the show. She has written to the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) and has asked them to take immediate action against the show, on priority basis, reports India Today.

Controversial television show Pehredaar Piya Ki may be in some serious trouble. I&B minister Smriti Irani has taken a strong objection to the show. She has written to the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) and has asked them to take immediate action against the show, on priority basis, reports India Today.

The much-debated TV show, aired on Sony TV, shows a 9-year old married an 18-year old girl. The show has been criticised for showing the boy ‘stalking’ the woman and an ill-advised ‘suhagraat sequence’.

Smriti Irani was acting on the basis of a petition filed on Change.org by petitioner Mansi Jain. Fans and Twitterati have been slamming the show for its ‘regressive’ content and accused it of promoting child marriage.

“A 10-year-old impressionable little kid (”piyaa”) caressing and stalking a lady who’s more than double his age and filling sindoor in her “maang” is being telecasted at prime time, family time. Imagine the kind of influence it will steadily and perpetually infuse in the viewers’ mindset. We want a ban on the serial. We do not want our kids to be influenced by such TV serials,” the petition stated.