African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula in an exclusive interview with the BBC stated that he would want Putin to visit Africa and that the country would welcome him as part and parcel of BRICS.
Senior attorney Harish Salve, who is representing the NGO, stated that the BBC is being sued for defamation because of a program that 'defamed' India and its whole system, including the court. He argued that there are hints made against the prime minister in the documentary as well.
A Delhi court issued summons to BBC, Wikimedia and Internet Archive after a defamation suit was filed by BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh over the BBC's controversial documentary on PM Mod
Geeta Pandey has also tried to discredit 'love jihad' as a conspiracy theory, despite 100s of documented cases of forced conversion and identity fraud.