- Sunday, March 09, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
A month after protesting against The Guardian over its allegedly biased coverage of the Leicester violence in September, members of the Hindu community in the UK are now gearing up for yet another similar protest, this time against the BBC. The allegation is the same: Peddling an anti-Hindu agenda and for being “Hinduphobic”.
According to Indo-Asian News Service, the protest is planned to be held on October 29 in front of the BBC headquarters — Broadcasting House in Portland, London.
A Twitter campaign has already been launched by the community in the UK to mobilise more people for the protest.
British Hindu organisations have alleged that misinformation on social media was amplified by mainstream British media, such as The Guardian and BBC, and that fueled violence against the Hindus in Leicester, a city which has been known for its cultural harmony over the decades.
India Narrative, a news and views website, spoke with people in the UK about the upcoming protest. They were hopeful that it would be bigger as compared to the one which was staged in September.
After a successful vigil against @guardian, #British #Hindus plan to hold a similar protest against @BBCNews for being "Hinduphobic" & spreading misinformation on #leicesterviolence @rahulkumarindia @INSIGHTUK2 @IndicSociety @MumukshuSavitri @TrulyMonicahttps://t.co/7IcXKX5WAf
— INDIA NARRATIVE (@india_narrative) October 11, 2022
Hindu groups say the BBC published #hinduphobic & biased #news against their community in #LeicesterCity giving an impression that the #Hindus were the trouble makers@hindu_counciluk @hfbritain @thebritishhindu @AKanuv108 @My_new_avatar @BhattRohin @JayasreeVijayan
— INDIA NARRATIVE (@india_narrative) October 11, 2022
The protest will take place on October 29 in front of @BBC Broadcasting House in #London. With students and diverse groups joining in the #Indians hope to gather in large numbers for the protest#Islamophobia #FakeNews #muslimsupremacy @SarahLGates1 @Imamofpeace @Xs2partner
— INDIA NARRATIVE (@india_narrative) October 11, 2022
“The BBC has a history of portraying India and the Hindus in a negative way so this will be much bigger as students, the working class and Indian community groups have combined to stage this protest,” one of the organisers of the protest was quoted as saying by IANS.
Indian diaspora in Britain have finally woken up to the deliberate Anti-Hindu & Anti-India narrative being peddled by organisations like the @BBCNews & @guardian. We implore you to join us to demonstrate against hedonistic organisations like this indulging in blatant lie telling pic.twitter.com/YsvuaAzIQN
— IndicSociety (@IndicSociety) October 6, 2022
He said Indians will carry out the protest against the BBC’s “Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu agenda” and added that the Hindus want to send out a strong message that the media in the UK are not showing the correct picture of what happened in Leicester and Birmingham.
In late September, the Hindus staged a similar protest against The Guardian during which they held placards outside the newspaper’s office over bringing out “articles on India and Hindus which depict them as intolerant and extremists”.
The protesters also submitted a memorandum to The Guardian’s editor, Katharine Viner, claiming how the Indian community has sheltered persecuted minorities from different parts of the world for over 2,000 years.
The memorandum said: “Most of the articles do not even try to hide their extreme targeting of Hindus. There are outright lies and innuendos written by your correspondents. There is scant respect for journalistic standards. This hate is now spilling over in the UK and Hindus and their places of worship are being targeted.”
The Hindu groups have said that misinformation saying Muslims were being assaulted was published by the British media without verifying and alleged that they gave credence to lies.
