What Is The Controversy Involving Australian Journalist Avani Dias?

Avani Dias is the South Asia bureau chief at Australia's ABC News and is based in New Delhi.

Australian journalist Avani Dias stirred up a storm when she claimed that she was asked to leave India because of her reporting, a charge that the Centre has called 'misleading'. We were also told my election accreditation would not come through because of an Indian Ministry directive. We left on day one of voting in the national election in what Modi calls "the mother of democracy”.Hear more on our podcast Looking for Modi: https://t.co/rn6wTkdI21

Who Is Avani Dias

Avani Dias is the South Asia bureau chief at Australia's ABC News and is based in New Delhi. Previously she was the host of the current affairs show Hack on the youth radio station Triple J.