London: Hundreds of members of various overseas Indian organizations in the UK demonstrated outside the BBC headquarters in central London on Sunday to protest against a controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ‘Chalo BBC’ protests were held at BBC studios in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Newcastle and organized by ‘Indian Diaspora UK’ (IDUK), ‘Friends of India Society International’ (FISI) UK, ‘Insight UK’ and ‘Hindu Organizations like the Forum of Britain (HFB) came together to protest.
Shame on BBCProtesters wrote slogans like ‘Boycott BBC’, ‘British Bias Corporation’ and ‘Stop the Hinduphobic Narrative’, ‘Shame on BBC’ and ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ Placards were waved. Jayu Shah of FISI UK said, “The documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi is highly biased. The Indian Judiciary has declared Modi completely innocent. Yet the BBC has decided to be the judge and the judiciary.
BBC called for an international inquiry
“The BBC should be investigated internationally and the BBC’s board of directors should be investigated for failing in their duty as a public broadcaster,” he said. Another protester said his mother was wheelchair-bound due to a physical disability. And yet she has come here because she felt the need to raise her voice against the “false and anti-India propaganda” being spread by the BBC.
BBC has made a controversial documentary against PM Modi
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ is in two parts, which claims to be based on the investigation of some aspects related to the 2002 Gujarat riots. In the year 2002, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of the state. The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the documentary as a “piece of propaganda” and said it lacked objectivity and reflected a colonial mindset.
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