BBC is under fire for allegedly showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bad light through its documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. The ruling BJP has been protesting against the British media house since the documentary was released.
BBC documentary on PM Modi: "PM Modi dedicated his entire life to the service of the nation, weaponised the instrument of development and gave a befitting reply to anti-national elements. He worked hard to put India on the global stage," Harsh Sanghavi said.
Further speaking on the BBC documentary, Rahul Gandhi said that if they (BBC) stop writing against the government, everything will go back to normal, all the cases will disappear, and everything will go back to normal.
Jaishankar and UK counterpart Cleverly held crucial meeting and discussed two-way engagement in a number of areas. Cleverly is in India to attend a crucial meeting of the G20 foreign ministers on March 1 and 2.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the politics in India doesn't stop at its borders, sometimes if doesn't even originate at its borders, it comes from outside.
BBC documentary on PM Modi: Blackman accused the BBC documentary of casting aspersions and said it is extremely regrettable because it would seem as if there was some sort of agenda of BBC to disrupt UK-India relations. "I think that's a great shame."
BBC office survey: Tax surveys continued at the offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Delhi and Mumbai on Wednesday amid Opposition attacks against the government.
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that Biden administration was aware of the BBC raids but it cannot offer any judgement.
Earlier, BBC said that it was 'fully cooperating' with the authorities and hoped that the situation will be resolved 'as soon as possible'.
The Delhi office of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which is in the HT House building on KG Marg was on Tuesday searched by the Income Tax department.
Income Tax Raid in BBC Office : The Delhi office of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) which is in the HT House building on KG Marg was on Tuesday searched by the Income Tax department.
SC on BBC row: The top court termed the plea as "entirely misconceived", which was filed by Vishnu Gupta, president of the Hindu Sena, and Beerendra Kumar Singh, a farmer.
BBC documentary row: Earlier, senior advocate CU Singh and lawyer ML Sharma sought urgent listing of their separate PILs on the issue.
SC on BBC documentary: Taking note of the submissions, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala listed the matter for urgent hearing.
The lack of public convenience booths in the locality has also resulted in people relieving themselves in the open, causing a foul smell in the entire area, local residents said.
BBC documentary on PM Modi: UK's British Broadcasting Corporation aired a two-part series attacking PM Modi's tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002. The documentary sparked outrage and was removed from select platforms.
Sharma said that in his PIL he has raised a constitutional question and the top court has to decide whether citizens have the right under Article 19 (1) (2) to see news, facts and reports on the 2002 Gujarat riots.
This came a day after the institute had issued advisories to students and the management regarding the mass screening of the banned BBC documentary.
The Centre had directed social media platforms Twitter and YouTube to block links to the documentary 'India: The Modi Question' last week. The Ministry of External Affairs also trashed the documentary as a 'propaganda piece' that lacks objectivity and reflects a colonial mindset.
Speaking about the incident, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "Around 4 pm, some 20 people came outside the Arts Faculty gate to screen the banned BBC documentary. They were asked to disperse from there. When they did not, they were peacefully detained."
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