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Ravi Shankar Prasad warns FB of strict action, says can summon Zuckerberg

The Opposition ridiculed Prasad for his "hyperbole"

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On Wednesday, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad had a stern warning for Facebook Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. “It will not be tolerated. We have got stringent powers in the IT Act, including summoning you to India,” Prasad said. 

The Opposition ridiculed Prasad for his “hyperbole”. Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav tweeted: "...Stop this nautanki and solve the call drop problem first Mr IT Minister." However, the person in an unwanted fix was Janata Dal (United) spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha member KC Tyagi. Tyagi's son Amrish purportedly runs the website of Ovleno