Rishi Sunak Shuts Down Pak-Origin UK MP Over BBC Documentary On PM Modi

London: After British MP Imran Hussain raised a BBC report on PM Modi, which questions his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, the topic was shut down by the UK PM Rishi Sunak with a blunt reply to the house.

“He (PM Modi) was, in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s own words, directly responsible for this violence. Given that hundreds were brutally killed and that families across India and the world, including here in the UK, are still without justice, does the prime minister agree with his diplomats in the foreign office that Modi was directly responsible and what more does the foreign office know of his involvement in this grave act of ethnic cleansing?” MP Imran Hussain asked.

To this, Sunak retorted: “Mr Speaker, the UK government’s position on this has been clear and long-standing and hasn’t changed. Of course, we don’t tolerate persecution anywhere, but I am not sure I agree at all with the characterization the honourable gentleman has put forward.”

Reportedly, PM Narendra Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat when communal riots erupted.