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Blocking BBC’s 2002 riot documentary ‘unacceptable censorship' by Government: N Ram

23/01/2023 07:48 PM | Click to read full article

Ram, one of India’s most highly regarded journalists, said the Narendra Modi government’s attempt to block the BBC documentary called India: The Modi Question on YouTube and Twitter is “not only tantamount to unacceptable censorship but going over the top”. Ram, the former editor-in-chief and publisher of The Hindu, said the government has “gone ballistic” and scored “an own goal”. He says “a mature government would have said no comment or simply disagreed with it”.

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