India, Meta's largest market by users, has hundreds of millions of people using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
The video, in which Modi addressed students during youth-led protests on July 23, was temporarily taken down from Meta-owned platforms before later being restored.
Meta attributed the incident to a technical error.
However, Nishikant Dubey, chairman of the parliamentary committee on communications and information technology, accused Meta of acting like a publisher rather than a neutral intermediary.
"Deleting the prime minister's video was not the work of an intermediary, but that of a publisher," Dubey said.
He added:
"Zuckerberg will have to apologise within three days."
Dubey disclosed that the parliamentary committee had written to India's interior and technology ministries, urging them to take action against the company.
He warned that if Zuckerberg failed to apologise, Meta's platforms should lose the safe harbour protections that shield online platforms from liability for user-generated content.
Indian media also reported that Meta officials have been summoned to explain why the Prime Minister's video was temporarily removed.
Meta had not publicly responded to the latest demands at the time of filing this report.
Modi posted the vertical video on July 23 at the height of nationwide protests led by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).
The demonstrations, which began in New Delhi, were initially sparked by allegations of examination irregularities before expanding into broader protests over youth unemployment, opportunities and criticism of the government's policies.
In the video, Modi assured students that his administration would introduce stricter laws and tougher punishments to tackle examination paper leaks.
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