'Not sure I agree at all with the characterization': Rishi Sunak reacts to BBC documentary series on PM Modi

Sunak made these remarks on the controversial documentary that was raised in the British Parliament by Pakistan-origin MP Imran Hussain.

"The UK government's position on this has been clear and long-standing and hasn't changed, of course, we don't tolerate persecution where it appears anywhere but I am not sure I agree at all with the characterization that the honourable gentleman has put forward to," he said while responding to Hussain's question on the BBC report.

The BBC's two-part series called "India: The Modi Question" has elicited strong reactions.

The series narrator calls it a "look at tensions between Indian PM Narendra Modi and India's Muslim minority, investigating claims about his role in the 2002 riots that left over a thousand dead."

Prominent Indian-origin UK citizens condemned the series. Prominent UK Citizen Lord Rami Ranger said the "BBC caused a great deal of hurt to over a billion Indians."

Condemning the biased reporting of BBC, Rami tweeted, "@BBCNews You have caused a great deal of hurt to over a billion Indians It insults a democratically elected@PMOIndia Indian Police & the Indian judiciary. We condemn the riots and loss of life & also condemn your biased reporting."

Earlier, the Indian government strongly condemned the BBC series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots, calling it a "propaganda piece designed to push a discredited narrative" that shouldn't be "dignified" with a response.