BBC’s Modi documentary: Screenings by Indian students despite ban make global headlines – Saudi Gazette

BBC’s Modi documentary: Screenings by Indian students despite ban make global headlines – Saudi Gazette

NEW DELHI — Screenings by Indian students of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots – despite a ban from the government and pushback from universities – has made headlines across the world, according to the Wire.

The first episode of the BBC‘s documentary series India: The Modi Question holds the prime minister and his party responsible for the targeted violence against Muslims in 2002. It also cites a previously unreported UK government report which held Modi directly responsible.

The second episode of the two-part BBC series was released in London on Wednesday night and students in Indian universities, especially in Delhi, Kerala and Hyderabad, were planning to screen it on Thursday.

The Indian government ordered YouTube and Twitter to remove video links of the documentary, and university administrations in various universities have been denying students permission to screen the film and taking action against those who do. However, students have argued that the documentary showcases an important event in India’s history – particularly so because Modi is now the prime minister – and have defied these bans to screen it.

Thirteen students, detained for organizing a screening of the controversial BBC documentary at the Jamia Millia