Mumbai: Tension in Tata Institute of Social Sciences as college students display screen BBC documentary on Modi
2 min readBy Online Desk
CHENNAI: A bunch of scholars of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, reportedly defied advisories issued by the administration and watched the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on laptops and cell phones on Saturday.
The screening of the documentary was reportedly organised by Progressive Students’ Forum.
The activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, staged a protest exterior the college campus towards the screening. BJP MLA Ashish Shelar sought police motion towards the scholars who screened the documentary.
The TISS administration had earlier cautioned the scholars towards “any activities leading to disturbance of peace and harmony.”
It could also be recalled that the Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary is concerning the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the documentary. The college has fashioned a seven-member panel to analyze the incidents with regard to the screening.
The documentary is being screened on numerous campuses throughout the nation, regardless of a police crackdown on the organisers.
The pupil wing of the CPI (M), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) had introduced that the documentary might be screened on campuses throughout the nation.
CHENNAI: A bunch of scholars of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, reportedly defied advisories issued by the administration and watched the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on laptops and cell phones on Saturday.
The screening of the documentary was reportedly organised by Progressive Students’ Forum.
The activists of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, staged a protest exterior the college campus towards the screening. BJP MLA Ashish Shelar sought police motion towards the scholars who screened the documentary.
The TISS administration had earlier cautioned the scholars towards “any activities leading to disturbance of peace and harmony.”
It could also be recalled that the Centre had invoked the IT Rules, 2021 to direct YouTube and Twitter to take down hyperlinks to the two-part documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. The documentary is concerning the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 college students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to display screen the documentary. The college has fashioned a seven-member panel to analyze the incidents with regard to the screening.
The documentary is being screened on numerous campuses throughout the nation, regardless of a police crackdown on the organisers.
The pupil wing of the CPI (M), Students’ Federation of India (SFI) had introduced that the documentary might be screened on campuses throughout the nation.
