'Why this arrogance?' KCR slams Modi over banning BBC docu

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday over the Centre banning the BBC documentary, "India: The Modi question". He said that such a move is not good for democracy, IANS reported.

While speaking in the state assembly, KCR questioned the ban.

"When BBC aired a documentary on the Godhara riots, it was banned. A lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay filed a case in the Supreme Court to ban BBC in India. Why this arrogance?" KCR asked.

"Where will this madness take us? Is filing a case in the Supreme Court by a BJP man to ban BBC an honour for the country? What will the world think about us? Why this intolerance?" he wondered.

According to him, mistakes could happen to anyone in a big country like India, and they must admit them. Banning critics or sending them to jail is not proper in a democracy, he said.

"One should have patience and tolerance. None is permanent as we are at the mercy of people to come to power," said the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi party head, adding that people will not tolerate such behaviour for long.

He said, "Post 2024, they will be in ruins. We all saw what one Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan and the subsequent sparks that were generated in the country could do to Indira Gandhi."

Later he brought up the incident of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's photo at a ration shop in Kamareddy district. Slamming Sitharaman, he asked, "The nation's Finance Minister fought with a poor ration dealer. She threatened him. Why exactly should PM Modi's photo be displayed?"