A summon has been issued for BBC Over its documentary on the prime minister of India, Narendra Modi. The documentary is named ‘India: The Modi Question’ and it has been banned in India.
‘India: The Modi Question’ talks about the 2002 Gujarat riots that set out after some allegedly Muslim men set a train carrying Hindu pilgrims on fire. Narendra Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat at the time and he was accused of not handling the situation carefully and failing to stop the violence.
However, the fans of Narendra Modi and his political comrades did not take the documentary for good at all. It was said that the documentary tries to falsely defame the Prime minister. Protests were exhibited near the BBC office. The Delhi and Mumbai branch of BBC was raided by the income tax department and of course, the documentary was banned.
Even though ‘India: The Modi Question’ is banned, some Indians are intrigued and finding many ways to watch clips or the whole documentary. It had been declared as ‘hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage’. It was a Gujarat based non-profit organisation that finally filed a lawsuit against BBC for the defamation of Narendra Modi and a summons for the broadcasting channel is now issued.
The suit claims the ‘India: The Modi Question’ insults the reputation of India and that of its judiciary and Narendra Modi. As per the local media, it is Justice Sachin Datta who has issued the summons and further proceedings will be from September.