Kerala: Congress, CPI (M) take BBC documentary on Modi to the lots
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CHENNAI: The Congress celebration in Kerala on Thursday screened the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Shanghumugham seaside in Thiruvananthapuram.
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 examines the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The screening of the documentary at Shanghumugham seaside comes at a time when senior Congress chief and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor had questioned the timing of the documentary which, he stated, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots. Moreover, A Ok Antony’s son Anil Antony stop the celebration on Wednesday after coming beneath fireplace for stating that screening the documentary would undermine the nation’s sovereignty.
Anil was convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell.
However, Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, talking to reporters in Jammu, had questioned the censorship, in keeping with National Herald.
“Truth shines bright. It has a nasty habit of coming out. So no amount of banning, oppression and frightening people is going to stop the truth from coming out,” stated Rahul.
Leader of opposition in Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan had tweeted quoting George Washington that “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
Meanwhile, senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala stated that Anil Antony’s is a closed chapter. He stated that Rahul Gandhi has already made the celebration’s stand clear with regard to the BBC documentary. The function of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah within the Gujarat riots is a well-known truth. It’s no extra a secret, he stated.
The Congress celebration claimed that there was an incredible response from the individuals to the screening of the documentary in numerous components of the state earlier than the choice was taken to display it for most people on the Shanghumugham seaside.
The scholar wing of the ruling CPI (M), SFI (Students’ Federation of India) has additionally screened the documentary in faculties in numerous components of the state. The SFI had introduced that the documentary can be screened in campuses throughout the nation.
CHENNAI: The Congress celebration in Kerala on Thursday screened the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Shanghumugham seaside in Thiruvananthapuram.
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 examines the function of Modi within the 2002 Gujarat riots.
The screening of the documentary at Shanghumugham seaside comes at a time when senior Congress chief and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor had questioned the timing of the documentary which, he stated, comes 21 years after the Gujarat riots. Moreover, A Ok Antony’s son Anil Antony stop the celebration on Wednesday after coming beneath fireplace for stating that screening the documentary would undermine the nation’s sovereignty.
Anil was convenor of the digital media cell of the Congress unit in Kerala and the nationwide coordinator of the All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) social media and digital communications cell.
However, Congress chief and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, talking to reporters in Jammu, had questioned the censorship, in keeping with National Herald.
“Truth shines bright. It has a nasty habit of coming out. So no amount of banning, oppression and frightening people is going to stop the truth from coming out,” stated Rahul.
Leader of opposition in Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan had tweeted quoting George Washington that “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
Meanwhile, senior Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala stated that Anil Antony’s is a closed chapter. He stated that Rahul Gandhi has already made the celebration’s stand clear with regard to the BBC documentary. The function of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah within the Gujarat riots is a well-known truth. It’s no extra a secret, he stated.
The Congress celebration claimed that there was an incredible response from the individuals to the screening of the documentary in numerous components of the state earlier than the choice was taken to display it for most people on the Shanghumugham seaside.
The scholar wing of the ruling CPI (M), SFI (Students’ Federation of India) has additionally screened the documentary in faculties in numerous components of the state. The SFI had introduced that the documentary can be screened in campuses throughout the nation.
