Indian diaspora protests against BBC documentary on PM Modi at Channel Headquarters

London, Jan 30: The Indian diaspora on Sunday (Jan 29) held a protest against the release of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their Headquarters in Portland Place.

"It has been said in the documentary that there is a discrimination against the Muslim community in India under PM Modi which is completely false. PM Modi has done so much for Muslims which no other leader has done," said a member of the Indian diaspora. He said that the propaganda against PM Modi is based on a "total lie" and gave examples of various programmes and schemes of the government which benefitted the Muslims.

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"Triple Talaq was ended for Muslim women, free LPG cylinders were given under the Ujjwala scheme, bank accounts were opened under the Jan Dhan scheme and provided with the ownership of their houses. There is no discrimination against any community under PM Modi's rule," he said. He also talked about Prof Tariq Mansoor, Vice-Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, who recently wrote an opinion column criticizing the BBC series "The Modi Question" as an attempt to create "false and illogical discourse."

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"Indians Muslims want to move out from the past. We don't live there anymore. The BBC has assembled 20 years of biased reportage, peppered with outdated condiments and garnished it with lots of misplaced victimhood. The BBC will be wiser if they control their urge to perpetuate victimhood among Muslims. Our community under false pretense were merely used to build their brand," he added.