LIVE: Deeply hurt, will not allow airing of Nirbhaya documentary, says Rajanth Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has given a statement on the raging documentary crisis in the Parliament. A British film maker went in the Tihar Jail to interview Mukesh Singh, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya rape and murder case.
Rajanth said that he is personally hurt by the incident and he has spoken to the authorities to stop screening of the documentary in India.
He said that
Govt has obtained a restraining order on broadcasting of film :HM Rajnath Singh in Rajya Sabha on Nirbhaya Documentary
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 4, 2015
I am surprised about the circumstances in which such orders (to shoot documentary) were given: Rajnath Singh in RS on Nirbhaya Documentary
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 4, 2015
The Centre on Wednesday said that it would act promptly and firmly against those officials and others responsible for giving permission to the BBC and a British filmmaker to go ahead with a controversial interview with Nirbaya Rape case convict Mukesh Singh, and to subsequently allow its broadcast.
Giving this commitment amidst uproarious cross-party opposition protests in the Rajya Sabha before Question Hour today, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Muktar Abbas Naqvi gave an absolute assurance that the government would act. This did not satisfy the opposition, and some members trooped into the Well of the House to disrupt proceedings. The House session was being chaired by its Deputy Chairman P.J.Kurien, who had to adjourn for 15-minutes at 11.22 a.m.
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