The opposition INDIA alliance has released a list of TV news channel anchors which the parties will be boycotting, with BJP accusing them of “bullying the media”.
The official social media handles of Aam Aadmi Party released a list of TV news channels and prominent news anchors which will be boycotted by the representatives of the INDIA alliance, with the ruling NDA alliance slamming the opposition for the move.
The INDIA alliance will be boycotting 14 news anchors across 9 prominent TV news channels across the nation for their alleged biased and “communal coverage” of major national issues and deflecting from the issues of public interest.
In a tweet, AAP posted the list of 14 news anchors being boycotted by the INDIA alliance, along with the text, “Pursuant to the decision taken by the INDIA Coordination Committee in its meeting on September 12, 2023, the INDIA parties will not sent their representatives on the shows of the following anchors.”
The list of anchors and TV news channels mentioned by INDIA alliance are - Aman Chopra, Amish Devgan and Anand Narasimhan of News18, Aditi Tyagi of Bharat Express, Ashok Shrivastav of DD News, Sudhir Chaudhary and Chitra Tripathi of Aaj Tak, Rubika Liyaquat of Bharat24, Gaurav Sawant and Shiv Aroor of India Today, Prachi Parashar of India TV, Navika Kumar and Sushant Sinha of Times Now Navbharat, and Arnab Goswami of Republic Bharat.
Hitting back at the Opposition, BJP chief JP Nadda on Thursday accused the Opposition bloc- INDIA of “bullying the media” and “threatening individual journalists”. In his post on X, JP Nadda also came down heavily on Congress, alleging that the grand old party has several instances of 'silencing' those with differing views.
“The history of Congress has many instances of bullying the media and silencing those with differing views. Pandit Nehru curtailed free speech and arrested those who criticised him. Indira Ji remains the Gold Medal winner of how to do it- called for committed judiciary, committed bureaucracy and imposed the horrific Emergency,” Nadda said.
(With ANI inputs)
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