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Jamia Millia Islamia University vice Chancellor Najma Akhtar on Thursday said that the varsity completely foiled the attempt made by some students to organise a screening of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Indian government took extreme steps to block viewing of a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Hyderabad Central University (HCU) over the screening of BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on Thursday. Defying the ban on a controversial BBC documentary, a large number of students turned up to watch the docu-film on campus.  The pro-Left Students' Federation of India (SFI) organised the screening of part 1 and 2 of the BBC

Elon Musks Twitter has been attacked for complying with a request from the Indian government to limit tweets linking to a BBC film that was critical of its PM. 

Veteran leader AK Antonys son Anil K Antony recently called the BBC series a dangerous precedent

The Centre had directed YouTube and Twitter to remove links to the documentary, which revisits Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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The Union government ordered YouTube and Twitter to remove video links of the documentary, and university administrations in various varsities have been denying students permission to screen the film.

The Students Federation of India organised the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots at the University of Hyderabad while the RSS' student wing, ABVP showed the controversial film 'The Kashmir Files', on the campus.

Last weekend, the information and broadcasting ministry is said to have issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos which carried the first episode of the two-part documentary