‘Be wary of mischief,’ says former foreign secretary in BBC documentary on PM Modi

Amid controversy over a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was based on a “covert” investigation by the then-British government, former Indian Foreign Minister Kanwar Sibal said he was aware of “the calamity of the British mission”. Stated. In a tweet on Thursday, the former diplomat, who was foreign minister at the time, said he was told by his EU envoy that a British delegation had sent diplomats to Gujarat and sent a “very distorted report” to his office in Delhi. I was informed that it was distributed to the EU special envoy. Kanwar Sibal tweeted that he was “notified by the EU’s special envoy that he was urged to warn the Delhi mission not to interfere in its internal affairs.”

Here’s an update on the BBC documentary controversy surrounding PM Modi

1. The State Department responded to the documentary on Thursday, saying the documentary was designed to advance certain “discredited narratives.”
2. A two-part series India: Modi’s question sparked condemnation among his BBC viewers, who are from India, after the first part aired on Tuesday, where it was not screened. This documentary is about Narendra Modi and the 2002 Godhra riots.

3. The second part will be screened on January 24th.
4. The controversy grew when British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came on the scene. Sunak has distanced himself from the documentary, saying he on the BBC does not agree with Modi’s characterization.
5. In a controversial documentary, former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the British government had since launched an investigation into what happened in Gujarat.
6. The MEA responded to this statement and questioned the investigative report. “How can I access it? This is my first report in 20 years. Why should I jump on it now? How do you give this much legitimacy just because Jack Straw said so,” MEA spokesman Arindam Bagchi said.