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.
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