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There was a ruckus in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Tuesday over the banned BBC documentary. Late night, stones were pelted at the students who were watching the documentary downloaded on mobile from QR code. It is not known who pelted the stones. Taking advantage of the darkness, the attackers fled. Earlier, the electricity and internet of the student union office here was shut down on Tuesday night, which was restored late last night.
On the other hand, JNU students marched to Vasant Kunj police station. The students protested by sitting on a dharna outside the police station. JNU Student Union President IC Ghosh accused ABVP for the stone pelting. The IC said – Till now no step has been taken by the administration. We have almost completed the screening of the film, our priority is to restore power here. We will file an FIR.
At the same time, Delhi Police says that if we get a complaint from any side of JNU, appropriate and necessary legal action will be taken. Here, the student organization of Congress NSUI (National Students Union of India) has announced that BBC documentaries will be shown in major institutions across the country.
Some JNU students were about to screen the documentary
Let us tell you that some JNU students were about to screen the banned BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The administration had appealed to the students not to screen the documentary, but they were not ready to accept it. The JNU administration had told the students that such activities could disturb peace and harmony in the university.
The students did not relent and planned to screen the documentary on Tuesday at 9 pm. The students said that the screening would not violate any norms of the university, nor would it disturb communal harmony. After the screening was halted, JNU Student Union President Aishe Ghosh shared a QR code to download the documentary on students’ mobile phones.
The same photograph was used on the cover of the first episode of the BBC documentary ‘The Modi Question’. Although nothing was written on the cover.
The Ministry of External Affairs called it propaganda against the government
The Government of India has termed BBC’s documentary on the Gujarat riots as propaganda against Prime Minister Modi and the country. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had said that we do not know what is the agenda behind the documentary, but it is not fair. This is propaganda against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bagchi said- This documentary is an attempt to run a narrative of a special kind of propaganda against India. It is seen in the documentary that the people and organizations associated with it have a special kind of thinking, because there are no facts in it. It reflects the colonial mindset. We don’t know what is the agenda behind this?
Screening was done at Central University of Hyderabad
According to the police, a group of students at Hyderabad Central University on Monday screened the documentary “India: The Modi Question” inside the campus. Police said that the investigation will be started after receiving a written complaint in this regard.
British PM also protested
The BBC documentary was discussed in the British Parliament. Pakistani-origin MP Imran Hussain said- Narendra Modi was directly responsible for the Gujarat riots. Even now the riot victims have not got justice. He asked British PM Rishi Sunak – What do you have to say on Modi’s role in the riots?
On this Sunak said – I do not agree at all with the way Prime Minister Modi has been shown in the BBC documentary. He said- The position of the British government is clear. We do not tolerate violence in any part of the world, but I do not agree at all with the image of PM Modi presented in the documentary.
This screenshot is taken from the BBC documentary. The first episode shows some interviews of Narendra Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
The first episode was telecast on January 17, the government removed it the next day
BBC released the first episode of ‘The Modi Question’ documentary on YouTube on 17 January. The second episode was to release on January 24. Even before this, the central government removed the first episode from YouTube. It was written in the description of the first episode that this documentary looks at the tension between India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Muslim minority. Investigates claims of Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 riots in Gujarat. Let us tell you that the committee constituted on the instructions of the Supreme Court to investigate the Gujarat riots had given a clean chit to Narendra Modi.
UK MP said – Documentary is not fair
UK MP Lord Rami Ranger tweeted on January 18 about the BBC documentary. He told BBC – You have hurt the sentiments of more than 100 crore people of India. The sentiments of a democratically elected Prime Minister, the Indian Police and the Indian Judiciary have been hurt. We condemn Gujarat riots, but also criticize your biased reporting.
Supreme Court has given clean chit to PM Modi.
The SIT was constituted by the Supreme Court regarding the 2002 riots in Gujarat. The committee did not find the hand of Narendra Modi in the riots. The SIT had said that no evidence was found against Modi. In June 2022, the Supreme Court accepted the clean chit given to Modi by the SIT as correct.
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