The Income-Tax ‘survey’ carried out at the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai is a clear response from the Modi government to BBC’s documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’. One cannot give the investigation that is underway the benefit of the doubt. If so, why wait until the media organisation releases a documentary that reflects poorly on the ruling party? Information and Broadcast minister Anurag Thakur said that no one is above the law in response to the I-T surveys. Unfortunately, this seems to apply only to dissenting voices or opposing views. Most politicians in India that have been elected to office have seen their wealth grow ten-fold. Also, the recent Adani-Hindenburg fiasco highlighted how the conglomerate inflated its stock value. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was found to be sleeping. How the wealth of politicians and certain affiliated individuals grow immensely will never be looked into as long as you’re in the fold or don’t cause ripples. These very people are above the law and the Modi government has no real interest in implementing the law uniformly.
