New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in his first reaction to the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the truth always has a way of coming out. No amount of banning the press or using institutions like ED and CBI against people can suppress the truth from coming out, he stressed.
The Modi government had termed the BBC documentary on the Prime Minister's alleged role during the Gujarat riots driven by 'propaganda'. The Indian government has slammed the British national broadcaster by calling its documentary driven by 'colonial' mindset against India and its people.
"We think this is a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative. The bias and lack of objectivity and frankly continuing colonial mindset are blatantly visible," the External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in a press statement. The Centre also directed blocking of multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the documentary.
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This gagging move, however, invited received sharp criticism from opposition parties like the Congress and the TMC who have accused the government of censorship. In a swipe aimed at the BJP, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi dared the government to censor Rajkumar Santoshi’s movie "Gandhi Godse: Ek Yudh".
The controversial docuseries has already been screened at Hyderabad Central University. The JNU authorities has issued strict warning to its students not to go ahead with the screening of the BBC documentary. Many student political outfits in Kerala has also said that they will hold screenings of the docuseries across the state.
