New Delhi. It is quite surprising that while on one hand the entire Congress party is advocating the documentary made by BBC on Gujarat riots and in Kerala many leftist leaders have even announced to show it. In such a situation, Anil Antony, son of senior Congress leader AK Antony, reprimanded BBC for its documentary and showed the mirror to all the Congress leaders who are lobbying for this documentary. Not only this, he has termed this documentary made by BBC as dangerous for India’s sovereignty. He has said this by tweeting. Let us tell you that this tweet of his is going viral very fast, on which people are seen expressing their reactions in different ways. Come, let us show you what the son of a veteran Congress leader has said?
The Congress leader’s son tweeted, “Despite all protests with the BJP, the BBC, a UK-sponsored channel with a long history of Indian bias, and Jack Straw, the mind behind the Iraq war, on Indian institutions keeping their views in India.” Setting a dangerous precedent. In the end it will work to weaken our sovereignty. This tweet of Congress leader’s son in support of BBC documentary is going viral very fast, on which people are seen expressing their reactions in different ways. People on social media are wondering how a son of a Congress leader can tweet like this in support of a BBC documentary.
Despite large differences with BJP, I think those in 🇮🇳 placing views of BBC, a 🇬🇧 state sponsored channel with a long history of 🇮🇳 prejudices, and of Jack Straw, the brain behind the Iraq war, over 🇮🇳 institutions is setting a dangerous precedence, will undermine our sovereignty.
— Anil K Antony (@anilkantony) January 24, 2023
Significantly, the protest against the documentary made by BBC has reached its peak. This documentary has been removed from YouTube after a growing protest. Apart from this, many dignitaries of the country had launched a signature campaign in protest against this documentary, in which people not only gave their signatures to criticize this documentary, but also demanded a ban on it. Let us tell you that in the past, the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had blocked all the tweets advocating the BBC documentary. Let us inform that while some leaders opposed this step, some people supported it.
Keep in mind that the Supreme Court has given a clean chit to PM Modi in the Gujarat riots case, but despite this, BCC tried to give an edge to its propaganda through its documentary. Now in such a situation, what stand will the ongoing controversy regarding this take in the coming days. Everyone’s eyes will be fixed on this, but now the market of discussions has been buzzing about the way the Congress leader’s son has criticized the BBC documentary. Come, further let us tell you in detail about some of the reactions received on social media.
