'Let them not preach us on rule of law': BJP slams BBC over Gujarat riots documentary

He added, "Why should it matter what an external agency (BBC) has to say about an issue which has been settled at the highest court on our land?"

NewsBharati    23-Jan-2023 18:16:25 PM
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Ahmedabad, Jan 23: Hitting back at the Opposition leaders, who shared clips of the UK national broadcaster BBC's controversial documentary series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on their social media handles, the BJP on Sunday (Jan 22) said it was an attempt to politicise the 2002 Gujarat riots.
 

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They sought to remind the Opposition leaders that PM Modi has already received a clean chit from the Supreme Court in the case, adding that his innocence in the matter also got a thumping endorsement in the people's court. BJP leader Amit Malviya said, "In the last several years, the Opposition parties, especially the Congress, have tried to politicise the unfortunate Gujarat riots.
 
 
 
 
 
 
However, despite all their attempts to extract political mileage out of the rots, Prime Minister Modi stands vindicated in the Supreme Court and the court of the people." He added, "Why should it matter what an external agency (BBC) has to say about an issue which has been settled at the highest court on our land? It (the documentary series) is a flawed and biased commentary of our country and people by a past coloniser, which has forgotten its own chequered history. They, of all people, should not be preaching us about the rule of law and human rights."
 
 
The British Broadcasting Corporation aired a two-part documentary series, which was critical of the PM Modi's tenure as Gujarat chief minister, especially with reference to the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The documentary series sparked outrage and drew scorn even within the United Kingdom. It was also removed from select social media platforms in India.
 
Multiple YouTube videos, sharing the first episode of the BBC documentary 'India: The Modi Question', were blocked on the direction of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, sources said on Saturday (Jan 21).
 
 
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