Published 08:36 IST, October 6th 2019

SAD's Manjinder Sirsa lauds Sikh journo for quitting 'prejudiced' BBC

The Shiromani Akali Dal leader, Manjinder Sigh Sirsa took to Twitter on Saturday night, to extend his support to the senior Sikh journalist for quitting BBC.

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Shiromani Akali Dal leer, Manjinder Sigh Sirsa took to Twitter on Saturday night, to extend his support to senior Sikh journalist from BBC. senior journalist, Lord Inderjit Singh recently quit BBC over accusations of ‘prejudice and intolerance’ in channel. Singh was stopped from presenting a story on Guru Tegh Bahur Ji and how he fought Islamic oppression and forced conversion. S leer, Manjinder Singh accused BBC of “racial discrimination” over forceful embargo on presenting story. 

Sirsa threatens boycott of BBC

Manjinder Singh also threatened BBC that entire Sikh community might boycott channel if y do t apologise to senior journalist, Inderjit Singh. He accused channel of having an nda to “twist history” for ir benefit. Lastly, Manjinder Singh also said that whole Sikh community is in support of Inderjit Sigh. ditionally, he also said that community was “proud” of him. 

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Lord Inderjit Singh's three-dece-long career 

Inderjit Singh h worked at BBC Rio Four's ‘Thought for Day’ for over 30 years. Singh hit out at BBC’s 'misplaced sense of political correctness' because block contributors to say n-controversial things to avoid any complaint from listeners. According to media reports, Lord Inderjit Singh has me a statement saying, “It was like saying to a Christian that he or she should t talk about Easter for fear of giving offence to Jews”. As per media reports, 87-year-old after leaving also complained about his treatment but a review by BBC director of rio James Purnell rejected his complaint. 

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