Police complaint against PM Modi BBC documentary for 'conspiracy to incite Muslims’

File photo of Supreme Court advocate Vineet Jindal (Photo: Twitter/@vineetJindal19)

By Kanu Sarda: Supreme Court advocate and social activist Vineet Jindal filed a complaint against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on Friday over a documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questions Modi’s leadership as the state CM during the 2002 Gujarat riots when violence broke out following the burning of a train carrying Hindu pilgrims in Godhra.

The advocate took to Twitter and wrote, “The people of the country chose PM Modi. There is a constitutional government in the country and this act of BBC News is a conspiracy to incite Muslims against Hindus not just in India but in the world. Therefore, it can be dangerous and action should be taken against it.”

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The advocate also said that he filed a complaint against the BBC for “attacking the integrity of the country.”

He called the documentary a deliberate act to provoke the Muslim community in India as well as all over the world against Hindus.

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He filed complaints under sections 121,153,153A &B, 295,298, and 505 of IPC.

The BBC’s documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been drawing flak from some quarters since its release. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called it “a piece of propaganda” and “colonial mindset”.

The 2002 Gujarat riots killed over 1,000 people, most of them Muslims.