Gujarat Assembly passes resolution against BBC
The Hindu
The resolution also urged the Centre to take stringent action against the media house ‘for attempting to tarnish the image and popularity of the PM’
Alleging a “conspiracy to defame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India”, the Gujarat Assembly on March 10 passed a resolution against British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing a documentary on 2002 communal riots.
The resolution also urged the Centre to take stringent action against the media house “for attempting to tarnish the image and popularity of the PM” with the documentary.
The two-part documentary titled India: The Modi Question was banned by the Central government and Income-Tax authorities had carried out a ‘survey’ on the premises of the BBC.
The resolution was moved by BJP legislator Vipul Patel who contended that the documentary misrepresented the events of 2002 in a malicious manner and called it a low-level attempt to tarnish India’s image globally.
“India is a democratic country and freedom of expression is at the core of its Constitution, but that does not mean news media can act by abusing such freedom,” Mr. Patel said while moving the private-member resolution.
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The resolution was passed unanimously by the ruling party members as Opposition members were suspended from House proceedings.
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