<strong>New Delhi, July 28:</strong> TV reality show, ‘Sach Ka Samna’ has been under controversies for its format and content. Rajya Sabha on Monday, had the show in the middle of a heated discussion.

Members of the Parliament, were outraged and said that the show was causing damage to Indian Culture. They demanded that the government, in order to impose limits on TV shows, should set up an independent regulator.

’Sach Ka Samna, Indianised version of American TV show
The show is the Indian version of a similar show in the U.S., ‘Moment Of Truth’. The contestant has to answer 21 questions about his personal life.

The maximum prize money that can be won by a contestant is Rs 1 crore, in the Indian version of the show.

A question asking “Sach Ka Saamna in Rajya Sabha: Should Parliament regulate television content?” was put up in CNN-IBN’s Face The Nation.

The persons present for arguing on the topic were Producer of Sach Ka Saamna and CMD, Big Synergy, Siddharth Basu; Managing Partner Counselage, Suhel Seth; Samajwadi Party MP from Rajya Sabha, Virendra Bhatia; former Rajya Sabha MP from BJP, BP Singhal.

49 percent of the public, at the beginning of the show, were of the opinion that the government should regulate TV content.

The Debate
Basu started the debate with expressing his highest regard for the Rajya Sabha.

He then, in answer to the allegation of the score of MPs, saying that Sach Ka Saamna is based on an American version and hence goes against Indian culture, family values and sensibilities, questioned, "By calling the show's content not Indian, are we saying that it isn't Indian to speak the truth?"

"Anything that damages a society as a whole has to be viewed very seriously. We cannot allow one TV channel or producer to play about with it," B.P. Singal responded.

"There is a lot of disquiet and bothersome issues relating to a lot of personal, professional, physical and sexual issues which people want to talk about," Basu said.

He also said that if anybody had such problem in watching the show, then that person was welcome to change the channel or better switch off the TV.

Singal said that the show was feeding people with human misery, and the same was being marketed for enjoyment. "It's a kind of intellectual cannibalism," he said.

Suhel Seth also responded to Singal’s comments saying "If Indian culture hasn't been threatened by Khajuraho, it won't be threatened by the show."

At the end of the show, the Final SMS and Web Poll for: Sach Ka Saamna in Rajya Sabha: Should Parliament regulate television content?
Was:
Yes: 47 percent
No: 53 percent