More Cameras Than Audience, SFI Screening Of BBC Documentary Receives Poor Response In Madras University

Student organisations affiliated with left-wing groups screened the banned BBC hit job documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University, Ambedkar University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Presidency University, Jadavpur University, Madras University, Pondicherry, and University of Hyderabad.

The screening received a muted response across the country, with only a handful of students affiliated with politically extinct Communist parties were present during the screening. The Student Federation of India’s screening of BBC documentary in the Madras University campus is the most recent addition to the list of muted reactions to the screening.

On Friday (27 January 2023), a small group of students argued with University of Madras authorities after the latter refused to grant the former permission to screen the banned BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on campus.

The Student Federation of India (SFI) Madras university wing had planned to screen the documentary but were told to leave by university officials.

“We live in a democratic country. Why aren’t we able to watch the documentary? “It’s only a movie,” one of the students can be heard arguing with a university official. Vice Chancellor S Gowri stated that no permission was granted by the university. As a result, students began watching the documentary on their laptop computers.

However, there were only six students watching on a single laptop, despite the fact that the news was covered by more than double the number of cameras. After this image of a group of SFI students went viral on social media, people on social media began mocking that it ended up as a flop show while pointing out at the state of  media in the state.

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