India says BBC documentary on India PM Modi is "propaganda"

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NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots as "propaganda".

Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat when it was gripped by communal riots that left more than 1,000 people dead - most of them Muslims. The violence erupted after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire, killing 59.

Accused of failing to stop the rioting, Modi denied the accusations and was exonerated in 2012 following an inquiry by India's top court. Another petition questioning his exoneration was dismissed last year.

Terming the BBC documentary a "propaganda piece" meant to push a "discredited narrative", foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a "bias", "lack of objectivity", and "continuing colonial mindset" is "blatantly visible" in it.

"It makes us wonder about the purpose of this exercise and the agenda behind it, and we do not wish to dignify such efforts," he told a news conference.

The BBC, contacted for comment, said the documentary was "rigorously researched" and involved a "wide range" of voices and opinions, including responses from people in Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"We offered the Indian Government a right to reply to the matters raised in the series – it declined to respond," a BBC spokesperson said.

India says BBC documentary on India PM Modi is "propaganda"

India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots as "propaganda".

www.reuters.com

 

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[_Anonymous_]

The violence erupted after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire, killing 59

Lol.

 

[jetray]

NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots as "propaganda".

Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat when it was gripped by communal riots that left more than 1,000 people dead - most of them Muslims. The violence erupted after a train carrying Hindu pilgrims caught fire, killing 59.

Accused of failing to stop the rioting, Modi denied the accusations and was exonerated in 2012 following an inquiry by India's top court. Another petition questioning his exoneration was dismissed last year.

Terming the BBC documentary a "propaganda piece" meant to push a "discredited narrative", foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a "bias", "lack of objectivity", and "continuing colonial mindset" is "blatantly visible" in it.

"It makes us wonder about the purpose of this exercise and the agenda behind it, and we do not wish to dignify such efforts," he told a news conference.

The BBC, contacted for comment, said the documentary was "rigorously researched" and involved a "wide range" of voices and opinions, including responses from people in Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"We offered the Indian Government a right to reply to the matters raised in the series – it declined to respond," a BBC spokesperson said.

India says BBC documentary on India PM Modi is "propaganda"

India's foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots as "propaganda".

www.reuters.com

same ppl who call terrorists as gunmen,

 

[D68]

same ppl who call terrorists as gunmen,

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Yes, there is not doubt. BBC's anti-India bias has been documented by their own journalists.

The journalist Christopher Booker has criticised the BBC for its coverage of India-related matters. He concludes that the BBC's efforts to reinforce stereotypes of South Asians has been directly responsible for damaging the image of India and encouraging racist incidents against Indians, such as the Leipzig University internship controversy.

Alasdair Pinkerton analysed the coverage of India by the BBC from India's 1947 independence from British rule to 2008. Pinkerton observed a tumultuous history involving allegations of anti-India bias in the BBC's reportage, particularly during the Cold War, and concluded that the BBC's coverage of South Asian geopolitics and economics showed a pervasive and hostile anti-India bias because of the BBC's alleged imperialist and neocolonialist stance.

I'm surprised with Rishi Sunak's response in parliment though. Seem's rather risky considering his Indian origin.

 

[Nilgiri]

BBC has the most unfortunate acronym in todays lingo lul.

Karma for Savile cover up.

 

[Optimist]

Modi control of India media, means the propaganda is self serving. It forms public opinion, as fox news does in the US. Only in India it is on a larger scale.

 

[_Anonymous_]

Modi control of India media, means the propaganda is self serving. It forms public opinion, as fox news does in the US. Only in India it is on a larger scale.

How familiar are you with the media scene in India to make such a comment?

 

[_Anonymous_]

BBC has the most unfortunate acronym in todays lingo lul.

Karma for Savile cover up.

Sometime back I read a tweet which expanded the acronym to Bada Bakri Chxdh for the BBC going out of it's way to white wash Islamists & Islamic terror & demonize Hindus / Hindutva / RSS / BJP tracing it back to UK's role in grandfathering Pakistan, help wahabism grow in the early part of the 20th century, a testy relationship with Nehru & India etc

 

[_Anonymous_]

Yeah bro and also black money we got after demonitization.

That's great news . Meaning Modi in 2029 is a done deal. Why 2029 & not 2024 ?? Coz of this in 2023.
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Not to mention RaGa & his Bharat Chxdho Yatra.

 

[BMD]

It's merely a reflection of how the West is portrayed in Indian media.

How do you expect it to be portrayed when a train catches fire by accident and people respond by killing 2,000 people and the Indian government appear complicit?

2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This was in 2002 as well - this century.

 

[_Anonymous_]

It's merely a reflection of how the West is portrayed in Indian media.

In the event India didn't colonise the UK or Ireland. UK did. Here are some more not known gems at all even by most Indians coz of the sanitized version we're taught about the British pimping industry of which you're a proud product & apologist.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1478083781571448832

https://twitter.com/x/status/1478086193585668098

And here's some more glorious details about the British pimping industry variously known as the Raj or the British Empire which they also subjected the Irish to but which you the descendant of Irish collaborators can obviously never bring yourself to admit.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1612092551280087040

https://twitter.com/x/status/1613174665601744897

How do you expect it to be portrayed when a train catches fire by accident and people respond by killing 2,000 people and the Indian government appear complicit?

2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This was in 2002 as well - this century.

That train was set on fire by Islamist terrorists for which convictions were duly handed out by the courts in India.

Godhra train burning - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Besides if the government in UK shares this view why hasn't it sanctioned India? You could do so now too. Or are you scared of being further exposed for your impotence now a widely acknowledged fact by the world including by your own in His Majesty's Government after what Iran repeatedly subjected you to. And that's only one example. Plenty more to add.

 

[BMD]

2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

In 2003, The Concerned Citizens Tribunal (CCT)[Note 1] concluded that the fire had been an accident.[43][44][45] Several other independent commentators have also concluded that the fire itself was almost certainly an accident, saying that the initial cause of the conflagration has never been conclusively determined.[46][47] Historian Ainslie Thomas Embree stated that the official story of the attack on the train (that it was organized and carried out by people under orders from Pakistan) was entirely baseless.[48]

The Union government led by the Indian National Congress party in 2005 also set up a committee to probe the incident, headed up by retired Supreme Court judge Umesh Chandra Banerjee. The committee concluded that the fire had begun inside the train and was most likely accidental.[49]

 

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2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Godhra train burning case: two sentenced to life imprisonment, three acquitted

59 ‘kar sevaks’ were burnt alive in two coaches of the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002.

www.thehindu.com

This is for the benefit of those who're beyond the pale of retardation which means you Paddy. If you've a problem comprehending what's written there , there's an AI app to translate what's in the report in a language easily understood by those retarded & way below retarded too. Let me know if you need it

 

[BMD]

1st stfu and fuuck off the internal matters of my country

Cheery picking stuff to suit agenda of your genocidal country is nothing new for irrelevant morons

Indian courts have convicted the islamists who had set fire to the train

End of matter

The thread is in the international relations section and references the BBC.

If it's genocidal then why have more Indians died from hunger and malnutrition since independence than before?

Kangaroo court because every other committee has concluded that it was an accident and started inside the train, but it looks bad if Hindus attacked minorities for no reason, so it had to be arson.

The findings of the commission were called into question by a video recording released by Tehelka magazine, which showed Arvind Pandya, counsel for the Gujarat government, stating that the findings of the Shah-Nanavati commission would support the view presented by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as Shah was "their man" and Nanavati could be bribed.[54]

And given that an argument had broken out, even if it was arson, it was clearly not a 'pre-planned conspiracy,' so I'm afraid the official conclusions were BS designed to provide a pretext/excuse for the interracial massacre than then ensued.

On the morning of 27 February 2002, the Sabarmati Express, returning from Ayodhya to Ahmedabad, stopped near the Godhra railway station. The passengers were Hindu pilgrims, returning from Ayodhya.[37][38] An argument erupted between the train passengers and the vendors on the railway platform.[39] The argument became violent and under uncertain circumstances four coaches of the train caught fire

In February 2011, the trial court convicted 31 people and acquitted 63 others based on the murder and conspiracy provisions of the Indian Penal Code, saying the incident was a "pre-planned conspiracy."

2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Rajput Lion]

As I always say, Modi ji is the best thing to happen to India post Atal ji. India becoming a legit world power under Modi has definitely ruffled some Abrahamanic feathers, lol.

 

[hellbent]

British courts are nothing less than kangaroo courts itself , I agree , now buzz off

Indians died after independence bec dimwits like you cannot understand that after you ravage a country for centuries , looted and destroyed it beyond measure , it will take literally same time to undo the damages, do you think it's as easy as invading another country and than looting it to feed yourself like your country did ? Dimwit

This is something citizens of genocidal and demented country like britain arent expected to understand

So reposting again.......

1st stfu and fuuck off the internal matters of my country

Indian courts have convicted the islamists who had set fire to the train

End of matter

Biased racist leftist woke hinduphobic Wikimedia links is source for morons looking to push agenda, forget agenda , it's a sure sign person has no self respect

The islamists, british bitching cu@t aka bbc is fighting for is busy grooming britush mother sister daughters , oh the irony , as they say karma is a bitch and long overdue for Britain


There is a saying kutte bhoke hajar , hathi Chale Bazar

Will let the dogs bark

 

[_Anonymous_]

The thread is in the international relations section and references the BBC.

If it's genocidal then why have more Indians died from hunger and malnutrition since independence than before?

You mean based on statistics compiled by NGOs like Oxfam in the West whose volunteers come here along with missionaries to indulge in soul harvesting & bumming a few kids as well, then publish that data in Western publications to raise funds for malnourished kids as well as child abuse cases which you here "parading as facts. "

And we're expected to believe someone who likely thinks Irish Independence was a mistake
& that Ireland would be better off under British rule whereas the Irish were subjected to this all through their history but somehow you & your forefathers escaped such treatment.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1615756212556922903

https://twitter.com/x/status/1615758156474482688

https://twitter.com/x/status/1615749601080012800

No blacks, no dogs, no Irish... Pretty apt eh Paddy?

Kangaroo court because every other committee has concluded that it was an accident and started inside the train, but it looks bad if Hindus attacked minorities for no reason, so it had to be arson.

But of course, those victims set themselves on fire to shame the Minorities & provoke the majority into targeting the minorities & the highest court in the land is a joke. They've no agency whatsoever. Says an Irish yokel whose supreme Court itself is subordinate to the house of Lords - an ancient feudal practice & relic still in Vogue much like the practice of having no Catlicks as the PM which was repealed only after Tony the tooth took office. Not that he was a Catlick then. He converted much later.

And given that an argument had broken out, even if it was arson, it was clearly not a 'pre-planned conspiracy,' so I'm afraid the official conclusions were BS designed to provide a pretext/excuse for the interracial massacre than then ensued.

2002 Gujarat violence - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

So as per Paddy, all you need to set a compartment alight is a box of matches which can easily be obtained. The painstaking investigation which established in a Special Court of Law established for this trial, that all those multiple jerry cans of kerosene which were collected & stored in the night before the attack & which was subsequently confirmed by the High Court & the Supreme Court were all figments of one's imagination.

 

[_Anonymous_]

Everyone came to the same conclusions about the train incident except Modi's court.

You mean this is similar to the argument forwarded about the Germans under Nazi rule not resisting the Nazis but tacitly supporting them, hence the term "the good German " but since colonialism itself is not a crime, hence all those British + Irish pimps who participated in it or "tacitly supported " the principle British pimping establishment aka the Raj & who should have been charged with the murder of millions due to famine, droughts, wars, diseases , etc but weren't, were not guilty of it ?

Got it! Yeah, it kind of makes sense.

India had a higher GDP than China in 1947 with only half as many people, now it has 1/6th the GDP with the same number.



China also eliminated more than 100 million of ota population since 1949 till date thru their various purges, famines arising out of various foolish economic experiments. Your point being? BTW even in 1951 , China had a bigger population than India.

Tantrums don't win arguments.

Neither does autistic posts. Made by an Irishman. They're twice as foolish.

 

[hellbent]

Guys kutte bhoke hazar hathi chale bazar

They will bark , they will cry , eventually they will go away with tail between their legs for their daily routine of cuckolding from their Islamic brathers

In hindsight, they think they are doing us , actually they are fu@king themselves