India: The Modi Question

Directions to block the BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” on YouTube and Twitter were reportedly issued by I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra using ...

Then why did PM Vajpayee want his exit in 2002, only to be pressurised not to insist by the threat of resignation by Advani? Twitter has also been told to identify and block any tweets containing links to the video posted on other platforms. “While it was not made available in India by the BBC, some YouTube channels had uploaded it to promote an anti-India agenda,” a government official said.

Credits on documentary, India: The Modi Question, appear to suggest that it is largely an outside production that was commissioned by BBC current affairs ...

Worked on the ground in India, Australia, the Netherlands as well as the UK. Chris Ogden, listed as “series consultant”, has so far not responded to a query from this newspaper. But at the same time, as foreign secretary, he would have realised India was an important country,” the BBC source said.

Sanjeev Tripathi, the former head of RAW, criticised the BBC for its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While calling it "prejudiced", ...

The documentary critical of PM Modi's role in the deadly 2002 Gujarat riots draws the ire of Indian government.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that he did not agree with the characterisation of Modi in reply to a question in the parliament. Modi has defended his handling of the worst religious violence in post-independent India and has refused to apologise. “A wide range of voices, witnesses and experts were approached, and we have featured a range of opinions – this includes responses from people in the BJP. Foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the film was meant to push a “discredited narrative”. It added that the riots’ objective was to “purge Muslims from Hindu areas” – something critics today have said has become state policy under the BJP’s Hindu nationalist agenda. “Both @YouTube and @Twitter have complied with the directions,” he tweeted.

The BBC documentary revolving around the 2002 Gujarat riots has stoked a massive controversy in the country.

Then why did PM Vajpayee want his exit in 2002, only to be pressured not to insist by the threat of resignation by Advani?” Taking to Twitter, Jairam Ramesh said, “PM and his drumbeaters assert that the new BBC documentary on him is slanderous. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien accused the government of imposing censorship.

Amid controversy over BBC's documentary 'India: The Modi Question' and PM Modi's role in Gujarat riots, a special screening was held at UoH.

The documentary series focuses on Narendra Modi’s tenure as Gujarat’s chief minister. These reports were never published to the public. ‘India: The Modi Question‘ is a BBC documentary series, the first episode of which aired on Tuesday and was taken down from YouTube on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued orders for blocking multiple YouTube videos of the first episode of the BBC's controversial documentary.

“A wide range of voices, witnesses and experts were approached, and we have featured a range of opinions, including responses from people in the BJP [Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party],” it stated. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued orders for blocking multiple YouTube videos of the first episode of the BBC Documentary on PM Modi and the 2002 Gujarat Riots. If anything, this film or documentary is a reflection on the agency and individuals that are peddling this narrative again.