'Toolkit That Spreads Lies And Propaganda': RSS Slams BBC Docu On PM Modi

The RSS slammed the BBC and accused it of being a "toolkit which is spreading lies and propaganda" amongst the Indians by its recently released controversial documentary on PM Modi.

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New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh slammed the BBC and accused it of being a "toolkit which is spreading lies and propaganda" amongst the Indians by its recently released controversial documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as reported by the news agency IANS.

Significantly, BBC has been caught up in controversies for making the documentary which has been rejected by the Ministry of External Affairs, for "allegedly being a symbol of colonial mindset, propaganda piece, prejudiced and lack of objectivity", the RSS said, IANS reported.

The screening of the documentary has been done in a number of universities despite the ban. High drama unfolded on Tuesday night at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus in New Delhi, with student members alleging that they were attacked with stones while watching the controversial documentary on PM Modi titled, 'India: The Modi Question'.

There was similar tension over the two separate initiatives by Congress and CPI(M)'s youth wing Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) for screening the documentary in Thiruvananthapuram.

Meanwhile, screening of the film took place in Kolkata's Jadavpur University on Thursday evening and on Friday, it will be shown at the Presidency University. The rival groups in the University of Hyderabad screened the documentary as well as the movie 'The Kashmir Files' on Thursday.

RSS, in an article and cover story which will appear in the upcoming issue of the RSS' Panchjanya magazine, has accused the BBC of repeating an attempt to impose lies and propaganda after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, as reported by IANS.

Meanwhile, the Centre has condemned the BBC documentary series describing it as propaganda to push a discredited narrative. The members of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Thursday organized a statewide screening of the controversial BBC documentary on PM Modi on the occasion of Republic Day.

Vice President of Congress Kerala unit VT Balram on Thursday said that the statewide screening of the documentary was in the wake of the Centre's attempt to suppress the freedom of speech and expression.