{"id":331166,"date":"2021-03-03T23:46:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=331166"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:44:07","slug":"caller-abuses-pm-modis-mother-on-bbc-show-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/caller-abuses-pm-modis-mother-on-bbc-show-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Caller abuses PM Modi\u2019s mother on BBC show, sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-331167 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/nog-debate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"374\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/03\/nog-debate.jpg 374w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/03\/nog-debate-276x300.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/>BBC Asian Network\u2019s radio show \u2018Big Debate\u2019\u00a0has been drawing immense criticism on social media after a caller used derogatory remarks against the mother of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br \/>\nThe remarks was allegedly made when the discussion digressed towards the farm laws stir going in India for the past three months at the borders of the national capital of Delhi.<br \/>\nThe programme, however, has been edited and the part has been removed so what led to the remark could not be verified.<br \/>\nIn the debate-based show, which was about racism against Sikhs and Indians in the UK, the discussion moved towards the ongoing farmer\u2019s protests in Delhi against the three controversial agriculture laws.<br \/>\nDuring the show, one of the callers spoke unpleasant words against PM Modi\u2019s mother, Heeraben Modi.<br \/>\nA video was shared on Twitter and many have since commented about the post. Many criticized the radio show host as well because the organization didn\u2019t oppose the statement and permitted it to be broadcasted.<br \/>\nThousands of farmers have been camping at Delhi border points for nearly three months against the three agricultural laws passed in September last year.<br \/>\nProtests have been taking place in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and various cities of the country as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Asian Network\u2019s radio show \u2018Big Debate\u2019\u00a0has been drawing immense criticism on social media after a caller used derogatory remarks against the mother of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The remarks was allegedly made when the discussion digressed towards the farm laws stir going in India for the past three months at the borders of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":331170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,36],"tags":[13948,13949,13951,455,13950],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331166"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331168,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331166\/revisions\/331168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/331170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}