BBC collection on PM Modi filled with smears, innuendos: UK MP Robert Blackman
UK MP Robert Blackman was talking in regards to the BBC documentary, which aired within the UK final month, setting off a large row in India, with the Centre trashing it as a “propaganda piece” missing objectivity.
Jaipur,UPDATED: Feb 15, 2023 21:10 IST
Indian has the fitting to resolve what’s proven in India, Robert Blackman stated (Photo: Twitter)
By Dev Ankur Wadhawan: The BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “full of innuendos and smears” and the tax raids on the BBC workplaces in India usually are not related to the two-part collection, UK Member of Parliament Robert Blackman stated in Jaipur.
“The BBC documentary is one which is full of innuendos and smears. I have seen both parts of the documentary and it made my blood boil to look at the smears there are. I think the BBC, which is independent of the government in the United Kingdom, should not indulge in smears. The Indian government has the right to decide what is shown in India and what is not,” Blackman stated.
“I think they (the I-T searches on BBC offices in India and the documentary) are not connected,” he added.
A crew of 15 officers from the Income Tax Department carried out survey operations on the workplaces of the BBC in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday. Sources stated the searches had been associated to allegations of International Taxation and Transfer Pricing irregularities.
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The division is taking a look at paperwork associated to the enterprise operations of the corporate and people associated to its Indian arm, officers informed information company PTI.
India: The Modi Question, which aired within the UK final month, set off a large row in India. The Ministry of External Affairs trashed the documentary as a “propaganda piece” missing objectivity and reflecting a colonial mindset.
The authorities directed social media platforms Twitter and YouTube to dam hyperlinks to the documentary, which claims to have investigated sure features regarding the 2002 Gujarat riots when PM Modi was the chief minister of the state.
The transfer sparked an outcry, with opposition events accusing the Centre of censorship. In defiance of the federal government’s order, scholar our bodies and youth wings affiliated to opposition events screened the collection throughout school campuses and public house in varied states.
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Feb 15, 2023
