Why no documentary on British atrocities, questions Kerala Governor amid BBC series row

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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 28, 2023: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan questioned why the makers of the BBC documentary on the Gujarat riots didn’t make a series on British atrocities. He added that India is doing well and the foreign documentary makers were "feeling disappointed".

 

"India is doing so well across world so these people are feeling disappointed.Why didn’t they make a documentary on British atrocities? I feel sorry for some of our own people because they trust a documentary over the verdicts by the judiciary," Arif Mohammad Khan was quoted as saying by ANI.

The governor also said he feels sorry for some because they trust a documentary over the verdicts by the judiciary.

The statement comes days after the Kerala Governor questioned the release of the BBC series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time when India has assumed the G20 presidency.

“This is the time when India has assumed the G20 presidency. Why this particular time has been chosen to bring out this documentary? Particularly coming from a source who predicted at the time of our freedom that India is not capable of preserving its freedom, its democracy, and India will be broken into pieces,” the Kerala Governor had said while addressing the reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.

The two-part BBC documentary, which claims it investigated certain aspects relating to the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief minister of that state, has been trashed by the Ministry of External Affairs as a "propaganda piece" that lacked objectivity and reflected a "colonial mindset".

Courtesy: India Today