'People are going to blacklist this alliance': Jyotiraditya Scindia after I.N.D.I.A boycotts news anchors

After the Opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A came up with a list 14 of television anchors it will boycott, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the alliance will soon get blacklisted by the people of the country.

“Those who have black hearts only they do such deeds of blacklisting. You should see the role of the I.N.D.I.A alliance all over the country from North to South…The people are going to blacklist this alliance,” Scindia said.

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— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) September 15, 2023

I.N.D.I.A decided to ‘boycott’ certain TV news anchors who they deem “biased” and think “communalise” news debates.

These are: Aman Chopra, Amish Devgan, and Anand Narasimhan of News18; Chitra Tripathi and Sudhir Chaudhary of Aaj Tak; Gaurav Sawant and Shiv Aroor of India Today; Prachi Parashar of India TV; Arnab Goswami of Republic Bharat; Rubika Liyaquat of Bharat 24; Navika Kumar and Sushant Sinha of Times Now Navbharat; Aditi Tyagi of Bharat Express; and Ashok Shrivastav of DD News.

The decision was taken during the first meeting of the I.N.D.I.A Coordination Committee on Wednesday, where it authorised the Sub-Group on Media will draw up the names of anchors.

“Sub group of media to decide upon the names of the anchors in whose shows none of the INDIA parties will send their representatives,” said Congress leader KC Venugopal.

BJP releases statement

Soon after the Opposition bloc announced the names of the news anchors to be boycotted, the Bharatiya Janata Party released a statement on X, formerly Twitter, saying, “I.N.D.I Alliance giving direct threat to the media is like gagging the media for speaking the truth.”

It added, “This also shows that the ‘ghamandiya’ alliance has no courage to face the truth. The Bharatiya Janata Party severely criticises the unfortunate step of the I.N.D.I Alliance.”

I.N.D.I Alliance giving direct threat to the media is like gagging the media for speaking the truth.

This also shows that the ‘ghamandiya’ alliance has no courage to face the truth.

The Bharatiya Janata Party severely criticises the unfortunate step of the I.N.D.I Alliance. pic.twitter.com/pfijp5Nlf0

— BJP (@BJP4India) September 14, 2023

Meanwhile, BJP National President JP Nadda said, “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.”

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.

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— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) September 14, 2023

“Indira Ji remains the Gold Medal winner of how to do it- called for committed judiciary, committed bureaucracy and imposed the horrific Emergency,” he added.