Web Series On PM Modi Pulled Down
The makers of Modi: The Journey Of A Common Man have pulled down the show from the platform, Eros Now after EC's directive. Now, the producer Ashish Wagh assures that the show will be back once the polling is over
The makers of Modi: The Journey Of A Common Man, a web series based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life, streaming on Eros Now, have pulled down the show from their app as well as all other partner platforms, reports Mid-day. This decision came in a week after the Election Commission directed Eros Now to stop streaming the web show on their platform.
A report in a leading tabloid states, “While the first five episodes had dropped online on April 3 - a week before the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls began in India - the remaining five episodes were scheduled to stream from April 18. However, on April 20, the EC cited the model code of conduct while issuing the directive.”
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The co-producer of the show, Ashish Wagh told Mid-day, "I think it's fair of the Election Commission to ask us to stop airing the show for a while. It's only for the polling tenure. If the show being aired in the current social climate is against the diktat of a government body, it's okay for it to be stopped at the moment."
He further added, "We have to have faith in the law of the land. I am sure the show will be back post elections. We have chronicled the journey of Narendra Modi before he became the Prime Minister. It's a pure human story of hardships without any propagandist undertone. We had particularly kept it such."
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