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India has blocked the airing of a BBC documentary that questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management through the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of any clips through social media is barred.
Directions to dam the clips from being shared have been issued utilizing emergency powers obtainable to the federal government beneath the nation’s data know-how guidelines, mentioned Kanchan Gupta, an adviser to the federal government, on his Twitter deal with on Saturday.
While the BBC has not aired the documentary in India, the video was uploaded on some YouTube channels, Gupta mentioned.
The authorities has issued orders to Twitter to dam over 50 tweets linking to the video of the documentary and YouTube has been instructed to dam any uploads of the video, Gupta mentioned. Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the instructions, he added.
Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat when it was gripped by communal riots that left greater than 1,000 individuals useless, by authorities rely. The violence erupted after a prepare carrying pilgrims caught hearth, killing 59.
Human rights activists estimate a minimum of double that quantity died within the rioting.
Modi denied accusations that he did not cease the rioting. A particular investigation crew appointed by the Supreme Court to research the position of Modi and others within the violence mentioned in a 541-page report in 2012 it might discover no proof to prosecute the then-chief minister.
Modi was named the candidate for prime minister of his occasion, the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 2013 and led it to energy basically elections in 2014 after which in 2019.
Last week, a spokesperson for India’s overseas ministry termed the BBC documentary a “propaganda piece” meant to push a “discredited narrative”.
