Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani hints at a BBC-China-Congress nexus: Details

On January 31, senior advocate (Supreme Court) and Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Jethmalani hinted at a BBC-China-Congress nexus. In a tweet, he stated, “Why is BBC so anti-India? Because it needs money desperately enough to take it from Chinese state-linked Huawei and pursue the latter’s agenda (BBC a fellow traveller, Comrade Jairam?). It’s a simple cash-for-propaganda deal. BBC is up for sale.”

Why is #BBC so anti-India? Because it wants cash desperately sufficient to take it from Chinese state linked Huawei (see hyperlink) & pursue the latter’s agenda (BBC a fellow traveller, Comrade ⁦Jairam?)It’s a easy cash-for-propaganda deal. BBC is up on the market https://t.co/jSySg542pl

— Mahesh Jethmalani (@JethmalaniM) January 31, 2023

Mahesh Jethmalani was referring to a report from August 2022 that identified that regardless of the ban on Chinese firm Huawei over safety points within the United States and the United Kingdom, BBC was nonetheless getting adverts from it.

In August 2022, The Spectator printed a report suggesting that BBC was taking cash from Huawei. Notably, Huawei was sanctioned by the US in 2019 and the UK barred the corporate from the 5G community in 2020 citing safety points. Later, it was additionally revealed that Huawei had offered assist to the Chinese authorities in making a surveillance system concentrating on Uyghur Muslims. The report pointed in the direction of the paid adverts by Huawei about ‘The new frontier of education: How can we bridge the education gap and bring bright young minds into the digital future?’ Notably, the content material was not accessible within the UK. It was made by StoryWorks, the paid content material group of BBC.

In a press release, BBC’s spokesperson stated that the corporate was funded through commercials outdoors the UK which permits them to spend money on their “world-class journalism and bring it to a global audience”.

Mahesh Jethmalani hit out Congress chief for his alleged Huawei hyperlinks

Earlier, Mahesh Jethmalani hit out at Congress chief Jairam Ramesh and urged him to come back clear about his Huawei connections. In a tweet, Jethmalani stated, “Since 2005, Jairam Ramesh has been lobbying for Chinese telecom co Huawei’s activities in India (see below excerpts from his book). Huawei has been banned in several countries as a security threat. Jairam now questions GOIs China stand. It behoves him to disclose his Huawei links.”

He additionally accused Jairam of sabotaging very important tasks when he served because the Environment Minister within the UPA authorities. Jethmalani had known as Ramesh a “mouthpiece of Chinese disinformation” in an earlier tweet.

Huewai’s surveillance tech for the Chinese authorities to focus on Uyghur Muslims

In 2021, IPVM, a video surveillance analysis group together with Washington Post and BBC reported that Chinese firm Huawei had filed for a patent for its Artificial Intelligence expertise able to monitoring Uyghur Muslims. Despite the reviews, BBC continued to run adverts of BBC on its worldwide platform(s).