Exclusive: Rami Ranger faces criticism over ‘deplorable’ comments about Pakistani journalists at the corporation
by the standards commissioners in the Lords, was criticised for comments made about Pakistani journalists at the corporation.in India and been banned from YouTube and Twitter by authorities there over the depiction of Modi’s role in riots in 2002.director general, Tim Davie, to complain about the film and demanded to know “if your Pakistani-origin staff were behind this nonsense”.
The two-part BBC documentary revealed memos showing that Modi’s conduct was criticised by western diplomats and the British government in the aftermath of the 2002 religious riots that broke out when a train was set on fire, killing dozens of Hindu pilgrims. Ranger’s attacks on the BBC closely aligned with those made by the Indian government, which has dismissed the documentary as colonial propaganda.
Earlier this month, the peer hosted a lavish dinner in support of the Maidenhead and Beaconsfield Conservative Associations, at which Theresa May, who nominated Ranger for a peerage when she was prime minister, was the guest of honour. He defended his singling out of certain journalists. “I referred to ‘any Pakistani origin’ staff of the BBC as, unfortunately, the politics of the subcontinent has been known to impact the UK, which again not conducive or helpful to our social cohesion and fragile race relation in building greater community relations,” he said.
He urged the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, to explain “what he is doing about the scandal and sleaze engulfing his party from all angles and how this meets his promise of integrity, professionalism and accountability.”
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