USA should first drop cases on Assange, before yapping on India banning BBC Documentary
The Doble standards have been exposed when the US Department yapped that it is high time to highlight the importance of democratic principles like freedom of expression and make it a point around the world as well as in India. When it comes to themselves then they have not budged on grant of freedom to Julian Assange, who has done nothing much except exposing the corruption in the American establishment, Here we are not even talking about the horrors of American Civil Prisons or the infamous torture chambers of Guantanamo Bay and Abu Gharib.
US State Department has the gumption of describing India banning the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a matter of press freedom. Ned Price, the US State Department spokesperson, seems to have forgotten to apply his mind in a regular briefing when he uttered that Washington supports free press around the world and that it is a matter of utmost importance to highlight democratic principles like freedom of expression.
Rest be assured Ned Ji that BBC or any such media house will not be permitted to play their GREAT GAME in India anymore. They will be banished unceremoniously. Indian Establishment is already aware of the credentials of the people involved. Leading the pack of rats are Jaffrelot Christopher a supporter of American Muslim Council and Jack Straw is another character giving out exclusive interviews.
The funding has been done by IPSMF- Independent And Public Spirited Media Foundation, a cover for destabilizers. Open Society Foundation of George Soros, Ford Foundation a cover up for CIA and Bill Gates all have links with Nike is who started securing funds for IPSMF. We will not even talk of Arundhati Roy, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Hartosh Bal and @ alishan _jafri.
Price said, “We support the importance of a free press around the world. We continue to highlight the importance of democratic principles, such as freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief, as human rights that contribute to the strengthening of our democracies. This is a point we make in our relationships around the world. It’s certainly a point we’ve made in India as well.”
Earlier, addressing a press briefing on Monday (local time), Price stated that there are numerous elements that bolster the US’ global strategic partnership with India which include political, economic and exceptionally deep people-to-people ties.
“I’m not familiar with the documentary you’re referring to. I am very familiar with the shared values that enact the United States and India as two thriving, vibrant democracies. When we have concerns about actions that are taken in India, we’ve voiced those we’ve had an occasion to do that,” he said.
It seems Ned ji has a habit of giving out his half-baked ideas on things which he has not even seen or read. He loves to give sermon based on hearsay.
Well Ned Ji, let’s bargain…USA drops all charges against Julian Assange and permit his move back to Australia and India will revoke the ban on the BBC documentary !! There will be full FREEDOM OF PRESS worldwide.
On the contrary Last week, a visibly angry UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and distanced himself from the BBC documentary series, saying he “doesn’t agree with the characterisation” of his Indian counterpart.
Sunak made these remarks on the fabricated documentary that was raised in the British Parliament by Pakistan-origin MP Imran Hussain. Sunak also lambasted Hussain the MP.
UK’s national broadcaster BBC had aired a two-part series attacking PM Narendra Modi’s tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002….after 21 years when even the Indian Supreme Court has gone through all the trumped up Charges by Congress Party against the Gujarat Government. The documentary sparked outrage against BBC not only in India but World over.
The Ministry of External Affairs responded to the BBC story by stating that it was entirely biased. While addressing a weekly presser in New Delhi, MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, ” this is a propaganda piece. This has no objectivity. This is biased. Do note that this hasn’t been screened in India. We don’t want to answer more on this so that this doesn’t get much dignity.”
He even raised questions on “the purpose of the exercise and the agenda behind it.”
