The opposition INDIA bloc’s decision not to attend television programs of a list of fourteen journalists is not a ‘boycott’ but a non-cooperative move, Congress leader Pawan Khera said on Saturday.
The decision on including anchors and shows was taken at the first meeting of the INDIA Coordination Committee, held at the house of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.
“Nothing is permanent and if the journalists listed by the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance tomorrow ‘realize that what they did is not good for India’, INDIA leaders will once again attend their shows,” said Pawan Khera prior to the meeting. two-day meeting of the Congress Working Committee.
On Friday, INDIA Bloc member and Congress MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi told reporters that the decision to boycott certain TV news anchors and their shows was taken as the ‘Congress Party’ “does not want to support some journalists who are in the WhatsApp group sitting’. of the BJP Media Cell’.
“The Congress party’s motive behind this decision is not to extend support to some journalists who are part of the WhatsApp group of the BJP Media cell and are spreading hatred in the country, which is a crime under the law.” said Gogoi.
The list, shared by various parties of the INDIA coalition, includes the names of Arnab Goswami of Republic Network, Sudhir Chaudhary of Aaj Tak, Amish Devgan of News18 Hindi, Navika Kumar of TimesNow and Gaurav Sawant of IndiaToday Group among fourteen news anchors.
Congress leader Pawan Khera said, “We have not banned, boycotted or blacklisted anyone. It can be called a non-cooperative movement. We will not cooperate with anyone who spreads hatred in society. We cannot stop them from spreading hatred. If you want to spread hate, go ahead and do it. You have the freedom to do it.”
“We also have the freedom not to be partners in crime. They are not our enemies. We don’t hate any of these media friends. They may have their compulsions. And nothing is permanent. If tomorrow they realize what they are doing is not good for India, not good for society, believe me, we are all in this together. We will be attending their shows again. So don’t call it a ban,” Khera said.
“If someone continues to dump waste on our road, we have the freedom to change our path. We are just exercising that freedom and all INDIA parties have agreed to change our path,” the Congress leader said.
The total list of names on the list of non-cooperating companies is
Aditi Tyagi
Aman Chopra
Amish Devgan
Anand Narasimhan
Arnab Goswami
Ashok Shrivastav
Chitra Tripathi
Gaurav Sawant
Navika Kumar
Prachi Parashar
Rubika Liaquat
Shiv Aroor
Sudhir Chaudhary
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Updated: Sep 16, 2023 3:02 PM IST
