Stones pelted at students watching BBC documentary in JNU, power-internet shut down; 10 things

Watching BBC Documentary Students march to police station to lodge complaints in case of stone pelting on students. Students say that they want to return to their hospital but are supported by ABVP students. They want the Delhi Police to help them in the hostel return case.

A few days back JNU had decided not to screen the BBC documentary, but JNUSU has announced that it will screen the documentary for its students. This was later disputed. The BBC’s ‘India: The Modi Question’ documentary series is based on the riots (Gujarat riots) when Narendra Modi was a member of the state.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU Students’ Union) student union president Aishe Ghosh claimed that the JNU administration had cut off the electricity. Along with this, the internet has also been closed. However, power was later restored in the campus.

Aishe Ghosh, president of the Left Students’ Federation of India, had said, “Let us watch the documentary through mobiles using the QR code.” JNU administration was not ready to react in this matter. The JNU administration refused to allow the screening of the documentary.

After the ‘blackout’, students rushed to a cafeteria inside the campus, where they viewed documents on their cellphones and laptops. Sources said that while they were watching the documentary, some stones were hurled at the prospects from behind.

The central government on Friday ordered the blocking of Twitter sharing a BBC documentary critical of PM Modi. The JNU administration had warned that disciplinary action would be taken if the document was released.

The students’ union had questioned the JNU administration that what rules are they violating from the university by showcasing the documentary? The students have said that they are not spoiling communalism by showing this documentary Sangh.

After this, the students took out a march raising slogans against ABVP and BJP. The Left party caught two students. They claim that they belong to ABVP and were pelting stones.

The Government of India has termed BBC’s documentary on Gujarat riots as propaganda against Prime Minister Modi and the country. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi had said that we do not know what is the plan behind the documentary, but it is not fair. This is propaganda against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

At the same time, British PM Rishi Sunak has also opposed this documentary. In an interview, Sunak said- ‘I do not agree with the way Prime Minister Modi has been shown in the BBC documentary. The position of the British Government is clear. We do not provide for violence that occurs in any part of the world.