Truth always comes out: Congress Rahul Gandhi over BBC documentary on PM Modi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said that the truth always comes out when asked about his response to the BBC documentary on the Gujarat riots.

"The truth always comes out. No amount of banning the press and using institutions like ED and CBI against people can suppress the truth from coming out," he said while addressing a press conference in Jammu.

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos which published the first episode of the BBC Documentary "India: The Modi Question".


As per informed sources, orders were also issued to Twitter for blocking of over 50 tweets containing the links of the concerned YouTube videos.

Retired judges, retired bureaucrats and retired armed forces veterans co-signed and released a statement on Saturday rebutting the documentary as "delusions of British Imperial resurrection".

Union Information and Broadcasting on Friday using the emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021. Both YouTube and Twitter have complied with the directions, the sources said.

The documentary produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, UK's Public Broadcaster, has been earlier called by External Affairs Ministry as a "propaganda piece" that lacks objectivity and reflects colonial mindset. While it was not made available in India, some YouTube channels appear to have uploaded it to promote an anti-India agenda.

It is reported that YouTube has also been instructed to block the video if it is again uploaded on its platform. Twitter has also been directed to identify and block the tweets containing the link to the video on other platforms.

(inputs from agencies)