Last Update: January 19, 2023, 7:37 pm IST
British Prime Minister Sunak. (Photo: Screengrab / Twitter)
“I’m not sure I agree with the characterization at all,” Sunak replied as UK MP Imran Hussain raised the subject of the documentary
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded to Pakistani-origin MP Imran Hussain, who raised the subject of the controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi in the House today, by saying he “does not agree with the characterisation”.
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Referring to the controversial documentary, Labor MP Hussain said, “He (PM Modi) was, in the words of the FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), directly responsible for this violence.
“Considering that hundreds had been brutally killed and that families across the India And here the world, including the UK, is still without justice, does the Prime Minister agree with his diplomats at the Foreign Office that Modi was directly responsible and what else does the Foreign Office know about his involvement in this grave act of ethnic cleansing ? He asked.
To this, the UK PM retorted, “Mr. Speaker, the UK government’s position on this is clear and long-standing and has not changed. Of course, we do not tolerate harassment anywhere, but I Not sure I fully agree with the characterization the honorable gentleman has done.
A two-part series on Prime Minister Modi was pulled by YouTube even as the Ministry of External Affairs termed ‘India: Modi Questions’ a “propaganda piece”, calling it a “defamatory narrative” on Thursday. Designed to move forward.
According to Scroll.in, the Google-owned online video streaming service removed the series on Wednesday. This series deals with the riots that broke out in Gujarat Narendra Modi Was the Chief Minister.
‘India: The Modi Question’, according to the description on the BBC website, is “a look at the tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India’s Muslim minority, investigating claims of his role in the 2002 riots, in which a More than a thousand people were killed.”
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said that the series has not been aired in India and called it “a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discrediting narrative”. The bias, lack of objectivity and the continuation of the colonial mindset are clearly visible.”
“It makes us wonder about the purpose of this exercise and the agenda behind it,” he added.
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