[Marxistindia] BBC: Intimidating Media

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 14, 2023

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

BBC: Intimidating Media

 

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the searches conducted by
the Income Tax department of the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai.  This is a
blatant attempt to intimidate and harass the television channel for having
telecast the documentary, `The Modi Question'.

 

It is a standard tactic of the Modi government to intimidate the Indian
media through raids conducted by the Income Tax department and other
agencies.  This has now been extended to a foreign media enterprise
operating in India.

 

This coercive action will further reinforce internationally the image of the
Modi government as an authoritarian regime which seeks to suppress media
criticism.

 

 

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