Must comply fully with Indian laws: Jaishankar tells UK leader over BBC tax survey

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Mar 01, 2023: Amid the G20 foreign ministers’ visit to New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met the British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. During the bilateral meeting, the BBC’s tax ’survey’ was also brought up in the discussion, wherein Jaishankar stated that the British broadcaster must comply with relevant laws in India.

 

Jaishankar, ahead of the G20 summit under the Indian presidency, told his British counterpart that all entities operating in the country were required to adhere to "relevant laws and regulations".

 

Began the morning with a bilateral meeting with Foreign Secretary @JamesCleverly of the UK.

Reviewed the progress in our relationship since our last discussion. Noted in particular the commencement of the Young Professional Scheme. pic.twitter.com/R3aUvX1U4Z

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) March 1, 2023

A team of 15 officials from the Income Tax Department conducted survey operations at the offices of the BBC in Delhi and Mumbai on February 14. The I-T department authorities carried out the survey on the BBC’s premises, weeks after the Centre had imposed a ban on the BBC’s documentary titled ’India: The Modi Question’. The documentary questioned the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (then Gujarat CM) during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Courtesy: India Today