New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday reacted to the Income Tax survey being conducted at several BBC offices across India including in Delhi and Mumbai saying that it “ran an agenda under garb of journalism.” The Income Tax department on Tuesday reached BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai and conducted, what it called, a survey.
Speaking at a press conference, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia also took Congress on target saying that “BBC’s propaganda coincides with Congress’s agenda.”
“The Congress party has to understand that India runs on the Constitution and the law. Now the investigation agencies are not a caged parrot, they are working continuously,” he added.
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Bhatia alleged that Congress party and other agencies are “pained” whenever India moves forward.
Targeting the British Broadcasting Corporation, Bhatia said it has a “history of being against India” and that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had also banned it in the country.
“A terrorist force is rising against India and the BBC is calling it charismatic extremist reporting,” he added. “It is not wrong to say that why it happens that the hands of the Congress is with the anti-nationals,”
Last month, the British Broadcasting Corporation released a two-part documentary series titled 'India: The Modi Question' which examines the 2002 Gujarat riots, in which thousands of people were killed and millions left homeless, particularly within the Muslim community. The documentary aims to explore the role played by the government of then-chief minister Narendra Modi during the riots.
The first episode of the documentary aired on Tuesday, January 17. The second part of the docu-series was scheduled to be broadcast on January 24, two days ahead of India's Republic Day.
The Centre criticised the documentary calling it a "propaganda piece" and questioning the purpose and the agenda behind it.