"Propaganda Video, Shoddy Journalism": UK MP Slams BBC Documentary On PM
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Bob Blackman said there have been discussions between the Income tax authorities in India and the BBC and the broadcaster has to follow the relevant rules and regulations.
Terming BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a"propaganda video" and a "disgraceful piece of shoddy journalism," British MP Bob Blackman has said that it should never have been released and that it didn't look at the "all-important fact" that India's Supreme Court investigated the claims against Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 riots and found that there is not a shred of evidence to support them.
In an interview with ANI, Blackman also talked about the issue "around the review of the British Broadcasting Coropration's (BBC) tax affairs" in the context of Income Tax department's survey at its offices in India and said "this is nothing new and has been going on for quite sometime".
He said there have been discussions between the Income tax authorities in India and the BBC and the broadcaster has to follow the relevant rules and regulations.
Blackman is a member of the ruling Conservative and MP for Harrow East, said that as Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2002, Narendra Modi had done his best to try and appeal for calm during the riots.
