Banerji said in his resignation letter that he was unhappy with governance issues within the organization, BBC News reported.
Published on November 21, 2025
Shumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board and criticized the organisation’s governance problems, the latest blow to the channel weeks after the departure of its director general.
The BBC confirmed Banerji’s departure on Friday, saying he had resigned just weeks before the end of his four-year term.
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According to BBC News, Banerji said in his resignation letter that he was unhappy with governance issues within the organization.
He also said he had not been consulted on key developments surrounding the abrupt departures of director-general Tim Davie and BBC News director-general Deborah Turness, BBC News reported.
Both resigned on November 9 after growing criticism of the broadcaster’s handling of political coverage, including the redaction of a speech by Donald Trump given on January 6, 2021, shortly before his supporters stormed the US Capitol.
“No legal basis”
The BBC apologized on November 13 for the way its investigative program Panorama edited the footage. However, he insisted there was “no legal basis” for Trump to sue for defamation.
The dispute centers on Panorama’s documentary, Trump: A Second Chance?, which aired in October 2024, just days before Trump is up for re-election.
The film stitches together two separate lines from Trump’s Jan. 6 speech, nearly an hour apart, making it appear as if he urged his supporters to “fight like hell” as they marched toward the Capitol.
Trump and his allies say the footage was misleading and removed crucial context from the speech.
They argue that Trump also asked the crowd to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” and encouraged his supporters to “cheer on our courageous senators, congressmen and congresswomen.” The edited version, they say, suggested more direct incitement to violence.
The scandal has intensified scrutiny of the BBC at a time when the channel is already grappling with accusations of internal bias, fueled by a leaked internal memo.
