Congress leader AK Antony's son Anil Antony quits party day after slamming BBC's Modi documentary

Congress leader AK Antony's son Anil K Antony on Wednesday quit the Congress party following his refusal to redact his tweet in which he claimed that placing BBC's views on Indian institutions will undermine India's sovereignty.

"Have resigned from my roles in Congress. Intolerant calls to retract a tweet by those fighting for free speech.I refused," he tweeted.

"From where I come from, I don't think that these are the people I should be working with. It is very disappointing to see where it has reached," news agency ANI quoted him as saying.



Anil Antony, who heads the IT wing of Kerala Congress had earlier tweeted "Despite large differences with BJP, I think those in India placing views of BBC, a (UK) state sponsored channel with a long history of India prejudices, and of Jack Straw, the brain behind the Iraq war, over Indian institutions is setting a dangerous precedence, will undermine our sovereignty."

A lot of things that happened in the last 24 hours, especially from certain corners of Congress have hurt me a lot. After my tweet, I was getting threat calls and hate messages all through the night

-Anil K Antony

The two-part BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujrat riots has been criticised by the Ministry of External Affairs, which called it a propaganda piece lacking objectivity and reflecting a colonial mindset.

Last week, the Centre had directed blocking of multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links of the documentary.

However, the Centre's move was trashed by Congress and Trinamool Congress as "imposing censorship".

Even Rahul Gandhi during his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in Jammu questioned the Centre's move of censoring the film.