
I was doing my job as a journalist in India. Modi's government didn’t like it
ABCIt was supposed to be an innocuous catch-up with representatives from Narendra Modi's party, the BJP, to touch base about the ABC's coverage plans for the Indian election. French journalist Vanessa Dougnac — believed to be India's longest-serving foreign correspondent — had to leave this year because her permanent residency was revoked Al Jazeera said its correspondent was not given a pass to cover the election The BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai were raided by Indian authorities last year after it aired a documentary critical of Modi's treatment of the country's Muslim minority If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that Modi – and his government – can be openly resistant to accountability. I'd just put out a story for the ABC's Foreign Correspondent program investigating accusations that Modi's Hindu nationalist government had killed a Canadian Sikh separatist in Vancouver — allegations the government continues to deny. Perhaps my favourite of the headlines read that a "marriage lured Avani Dias back to Australia, not intimidation by Indian government". Read Avani Dias's Four Corners report on Monday, June 17, on ABC News and watch the documentary "Infiltrating Australia – India's secret war" from 8:30pm Monday on ABC TV and ABC iview.
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