Minister on Cases Against BBC Series Ban: The petitions opposing the Supreme Court’s decision to impose a ban on a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots have been criticised by Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju as a “waste of the Supreme Court’s precious time.”
The Supreme Court will review appeals against a government directive prohibiting the dissemination of BBC series clips that criticised Prime Minister Modi’s handling of the riots under his watch as Gujarat’s Chief Minister next week.
Minister on Cases Against BBC Series Ban:
Kiren Rijiju tweeted “This is how they waste the precious time of Hon’ble Supreme Court where thousands of common citizens are waiting and seeking dates for Justice,”
he government has criticised the “India: The Modi Question” series and prohibited the sharing of any clips from it on social media, calling it a biassed “propaganda piece.” Kanchan Gupta, a government adviser, claimed on Twitter that instructions to prevent the clips from being shared were given using emergency powers available to the government under IT regulations.
According to the BBC, the documentary included a diverse range of voices and opinions, along with responses from the BJP, and was “rigorously researched.”
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According to Chief Justice DY Chandrachud. The petitions will be heard by the Supreme Court the following week. In one of the petitions submitted to the Supreme Court, a lawyer named ML Sharma argued against the government’s action. Later this week, the court will consider a separate petition submitted by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, journalist N Ram, and attorney Prashant Bhushan asking for the removal of social media links to the documentary.
Public screenings of the documentary have been organised by student organisations and opposition parties across India to protest the ban. In many colleges, there were confrontations between students and police, and some of them were briefly detained.
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