Did BBC show India map without Jammu and Kashmir again as claimed? Fact check

Posted by: Sridevi P February 6, 2023

Amid controversy over BBC’s three-part documentary titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, a BBC article with India’s map showing without Jammu and Kashmir in it is going viral on social media provoking the narrative against BBC with calls for a ban on the broadcaster.

The tweet was shared by senior functionaries such as Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s leader Sadhvi Prachi, and Major Surendra Poonia among others.

BBC is a repeat offender and has done this before as well. By cutting off entire J&K & Ladakh from the Indian map, it’s provoking the Indian govt further. For those who need to be reminded, BBC’s problem is not with India’s government, but India itself. pic.twitter.com/Y96j7syBaf

— Shubhangi Sharma (@ItsShubhangi) January 30, 2023

The documentary has already triggered a major controversy as it reportedly probes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure as Gujarat chief minister during the 2002 Gujarat riots. It’s broadcast has been stopped in India terming it as a “propaganda piece.”

FACT CHECK

The latest controversy over BBC’s 2015 article without Jammu and Kashmir in India’s map has been shared by one Anil K Antony, a tech entrepreneur with a claim that it showed “some past shenanigans of BBC” used “truncated maps without Kashmir.”

Some past shenanigans of BBC , repeat offenders questioning India’s 🇮🇳 territorial integrity, publishing truncated maps without Kashmir. Independent media without vested interests indeed, and perfect allies for the current @INCIndia and partners. @Jairam_Ramesh @SupriyaShrinate pic.twitter.com/p7M73uB9xh

— Anil K Antony (@anilkantony) January 29, 2023

This article was actually published on 12 November 2015 and it also said, “This video originally used an inaccurate map of India” and the BBC had “taken the decision to remove the video” in light of that error. In fact, in another report from 17 January 2021, BBC carried a similar map without Jammu and Kashmir in India and said “the error was corrected.”

Hence, the current screenshot was very old article from 2015 on which action was already taken and the claim that it was latest is false.

Claim: BBC article shows India map without Jammu and Kashmir
Conclusion: The said BBC article was from November 2015 that has been removed.
Rating: Misleading —