The film critical of PM Modi's alleged role in deadly riots more than 20 years ago has been blocked in a move slammed as an assault on press freedom.
India has banned a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in deadly riots more than 20 years ago from being shown in the country, in a move critics decried as an assault on press freedom. A senior adviser for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said directions to block the documentary were issued using “emergency powers” available to the government under India’s information and technology rules.
” Speaking to reporters at a news conference Thursday, Bagchi said: “It makes us wonder about the purpose of this exercise and the agenda behind it and frankly we do not wish to dignify such efforts.” In response, the BBC said in a statement shared on social media that the documentary was “rigorously researched according to the highest editorial standards.
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