BBC funded by China, alleges BJP MP Jethmalani

BJP MP and advocate Mahesh Jethmalani on Tuesday linked the series by UK broadcaster BBC on PM Modi and Gujarat riots to Chinese state-linked Huawei. In a tweet, Jethmalani has alleged that the BBC needed money “desperately” and was taking it from Chinese-linked Huawei. The BJP MP shared a link to a story published in the UK magazine The Spectator in August, 2022, which alleged that the BBC was taking money from Huawei.Jethmalani said "apart from publishing a truncated map of India w/o J&K until 2021 when it apologised to the Indian govt and corrected the map, BBC has a long history of spreading disinformation against India. The anti PM documentary is a continuation of this malafide trend."

Why is #BBC so anti-India? Because it needs money desperately enough to take it from Chinese state linked Huawei (see link) & pursue the latter’s agenda (BBC a fellow traveller, Comrade ⁦Jairam?)It’s a simple cash-for-propaganda deal. BBC is up for sale https://t.co/jSySg542pl

— Mahesh Jethmalani (@JethmalaniM) January 31, 2023

The BBC documentary titled "India: The Modi Question" claims to have investigated the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief minister of the state. However, India thrashed the report saying "propaganda piece" that lacked objectivity and reflected a "colonial mindset".