India utilises its emergency powers to prevent the broadcast of a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two-part documentary delves further into the controversies surrounding the Gujarat riots of 2002, which, by official counts, claimed more than 1,000 lives, the majority of them Muslims.
India claims to have used emergency powers to prevent the online distribution of a BBC documentary about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India: The Modi Question, a two-part show, poses questions about Modi. The leadership of Mr. Modi during the riots in Gujarat in 2002.
Although the first programme did not air in India on Tuesday, Kanchan Gupta, a government consultant, claims that They leaked the content online.
According to him, the government has instructed Twitter and YouTube to prohibit certain content citing the country’s information and technology laws. Both social media platforms, he claimed, had complied.
The BBC broadcast was described as “propaganda” last week by a representative of India’s foreign ministry in order to further a “discredited narrative.”
During Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), Attendent asked question from Rishi Sunak regarding the documentary.
Mr. Sunak replied: “The UK government’s opinion on that is well-known and has not changed over time. Naturally, we do not accept persecution anyplace, but I’m not sure I entirely concur with the way the honourable gentleman has described it.”