Why Did NBDSA Block Baba Bageshwar’s Interview on Forceful Conversion?

In a recent directive, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBD SA) of India asked a news channel – News18 Hindi, to remove a video featuring Hindu religious leader, Baba Bageshwar, also known as Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. In that interview, which aired on July 10, 2023, Baba Bageshwar made comments referring to cases of love jihad, in the hindu festivities like Garba festivals, a claim which NBD SA deemed “communal and hateful.”