Part one of the documentary, which has already been aired on January 17 puts the blame of the Gujarat riots on Modi, who was the state’s Chief Minister when the riots took place in 2002. Part two will be aired on January 24
Insulted by the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian diaspora in the UK is holding a protest against the British broadcaster on Sunday January 29 afternoon, reported indianarrative.com.
The British Broadcasting Corporation’s documentary, ‘India: The Modi Question’ has raised a storm not just in India but also among the diaspora. Part one of the documentary, which has already been aired on January 17 puts the blame of the Gujarat riots on Modi, who was the state’s Chief Minister when the riots took place in 2002. Part two will be aired on January 24.
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Indian diaspora is agitated as the documentary comes on the heels of weeks of anti-Hindu violence in Leicester – the tenth largest city in the UK
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Weeks of attacks on Leicester’s Hindus led to many families moving out of the city due to threats and fear
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The Leicester violence against the Hindus was fanned by fake social media posts
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The misinformation on social media targeted Hindus and instigated Muslim youth to attack Hindus
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Many of these fake posts were published by the British mainstream media like The Guardian and the BBC without verifying, leading to independent investigations into the Leicester violence which highlighted the spread of fake news against the local Hindu community
London-based consultant, Adit Kothari, who has been active in the diaspora movement says, “the British Indian diaspora is enraged, agitated & frustrated with the BBC’s deliberate attempts to run covert and sometimes overt malicious Anti-India and Anti Hindu agendas. While with the protest, we may see no change within the BBC to organisationally address our concerns…but we have to demonstrate our displeasure at the BBCs attitude”.
The diaspora is agitated as the documentary comes on the heels of weeks of anti-Hindu violence in Leicester – the tenth largest city in the UK. The communal violence, which took the British society and the local police by surprise, was directed at Hindu symbols and homes by the local Muslim youth. Weeks of attacks on Leicester’s Hindus led to many families moving out of the city due to threats and fear.
The Leicester violence against the Hindus was fanned by fake social media posts. The misinformation on social media targeted Hindus and instigated Muslim youth to attack Hindus. Many of these fake posts were published by the British mainstream media like The Guardian and the BBC without verifying, leading to independent investigations into the Leicester violence which highlighted the spread of fake news against the local Hindu community.
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