Modi under fire on social media over BBC documentary content on YouTube, Twitter

Lahore: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government is still under fire on the social media despite placing order to YouTube and Twitter to remove content related to BBC documentary exposing his extreme mindset against minorities, especially the Muslims in India.

BBC Documentary with hashtag is trending top, with discussion on extreme steps taken by the BJP-led Indian government against Muslims and other minorities.

The social media users are slamming the Indian PM and his government for Gujrat riots and butchering Muslims there back in 2002.

People are tweeting and making attempts to expose Modi’s mindset towards minorities.

This is not a good look for India in the year it is hosting the G20 summit hailing India as the mother of democracy. The Indian government has asked to remove the BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Modi from all platforms including twitter, youtube etc pic.twitter.com/UVnDgY9y1y

— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) January 21, 2023

Entire World should ask this question.#BBCDocumentary pic.twitter.com/9AURJMV7h2

— 2.0 ? rundhati...?️? (@Polytikles) January 20, 2023

If the BJP govt truly believes that the #BBCDocumentary on @narendramodi is not true, then why block it on YouTube in India? What is the govt afraid of?

The Truth fears nothing. It is Lies & Jumlas that require constant cover-ups!

— Dr. Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) January 21, 2023

The reaction continued to turning strong after Indian government ordered Twitter and YouTube to take down links of a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The latest reports suggested that tweets and YouTube videos of the documentary titled "India: The Modi Question" no longer appear on the microblogging and video-sharing websites.

The India media reported that Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry told the two social media giants to block the first episode of the BBC documentary a day after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak distanced himself from the documentary series. The UK PM said he "doesn't agree with the characterisation" of his Indian counterpart in the UK's parliament by Pakistan-origin MP Imran Hussain.

The ministry told Twitter to remove over 50 tweets on the documentary by Britain's national broadcaster, the people said.