TRIVANDRUM: The government of India made strong words of condemnation to the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ that paints the prime minister in a bad light. The ministry of external affairs' response stood different for the choice of words which included "propaganda piece designed to push a discredited narrative" that shouldn't be "dignified" with a response.

"Do note that this has not been screened in India. So, I am only going to comment in the context of what I have heard about it and what my colleagues have seen. Let me just make it very clear that we think this is a propaganda piece designed to push a particular discredited narrative. The bias, the lack of objectivity, and frankly a continuing colonial mindset, is blatantly visible," said foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.

The British foreign ministry conducted an investigation in 2002 after the Gujarat riots broke out. The BBC documentary encapsulates many such interviews and findings of the British government in 2002. The documentary mainly puts light on the friction between the then CM of Gujarat Narendra Modi and the Muslim minority.

Meanwhile, putting the veracity of the documentary to question, British PM Rishi Sunak defended Indian prime minister Narendra Modi saying he disagreed “with the characterization” of his Indian counterpart in BBC’s documentary series on the 2002 Gujarat riots.