BBC Documentary Row: Amid growing controversy over the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on PM Narendra Modi and the Gujarat riots, the Congress screened it in Kerala. This documentary was shown on behalf of the Kerala Congress on the Shanghumugham Beach in the capital Thiruvananthapuram.
The Kerala Congress’s decision to screen the two-part BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ comes at a time when former chief minister A.K. Antony’s son Anil Antony on Wednesday (January 25) resigned from all his posts in the party following criticism over his tweet against the documentary. The BJP had also targeted the Congress regarding this.
What did BJP say?
Jaiveer Shergill, who recently resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP, tweeted on Anil Antony’s resignation, saying, “Self-respecting people who think for the nation, for the sovereignty and integrity of the nation, can no longer live in the Congress.” This is not a ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ but a ‘Cham** ka darbar’ which dominates the Congress.
What did Anil Antony say?
Anil Antony tweeted on Tuesday (January 24) on the BBC documentary that despite differences with the BJP, he believes the BBC is committed to supporting the views of Jack Straw, former UK foreign secretary and “the brain behind the Iraq war”. It is a dangerous practice to give more importance to the views of Indian institutions and this will affect the sovereignty of the country.
After this, Antony was facing criticism from within the Congress itself. For this reason, he resigned from all his posts in the party on Wednesday (January 25) and said that now I have come to know very well that you, your colleagues and your close people only want to work with that bunch of sycophants and sycophants. Who are willing to work at your behest without asking any questions.
What is the matter?
The BBC documentary claims that it is based on the investigation of some aspects related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. Prime Minister in the year 2002 Narendra Modi Was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
The government had directed to block Twitter and YouTube links to the documentary. The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the documentary as a “piece of propaganda” and said it lacked objectivity.
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