New Delhi: Senior Indian journalist N Ram called the Modi government’s ban on the BBC documentary unacceptable.
According to Indian media reports, senior Indian journalist and former editor-in-chief of The Hindu, N Ram, has called the ban on the BBC documentary on Narendra Modi’s black deeds against Muslims unacceptable.
N Ram said that if there was a good government in Delhi, it would have commented or disagreed with the documentary, but it didn’t, the documentary should be at the top of the coverage, its ban is unacceptable.
He said that the BBC documentary has been prepared with great care and research, and by banning it, the Modi government has made a fool of itself.
It should be noted that last week the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directed YouTube and Twitter to remove links to the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’.
Watch: Interview of legendary journalist N Ram on the BBC documentary (1&2) on “The Modi question”, about how Hate & violence against Muslims has been promoted by the Modi govt. “It’s a very balanced & perfect documentary with actual footage of what happened”
— Prashant Bhushan (@pbhushan1) January 26, 2023
Links to the documentary were posted by prominent individuals such as Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien, Hollywood actor John Cusack and senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, among others. Several media organizations have also condemned the Indian government’s decision to ban a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The documentary questions Modi’s leadership as chief minister during the 2002 riots in his home state of Gujarat that killed nearly 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, but human rights activists Accordingly, the number of dead people was around 2500.
Amy Brouillette, director of advocacy at the International Press Institute, said the Modi government was clearly abusing emergency powers under IT laws to punish or limit criticism of its policies.