The INDIA Coordination Committee met at Sharad Pawar’s house on Wednesday
New Delhi:
The Opposition INDIA bloc will boycott a group of television hosts and shows. The leaders will come up with a list of presenters whose debates and shows the opposition leaders would boycott. In a statement today, the Coordination Committee said its media subgroup will draw up the names of presenters and shows.
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.
The opposition has repeatedly accused some of the media of hostility. During Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress has repeatedly accused a section of media of paying little attention to it.
The people are supporting the Yatra and so is the social media.
But the mainstream media “continues to boycott it,” said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. According to reports, several leaders had unofficially hinted at retaliation.
“It is my contention that the editors have boycotted the yatra. Lakhs are joining the campaign. Will you not show such a huge campaign?” the Rajasthan Chief Minister had said.
In May 2019, the Congress had also boycotted television programs for a month.
“Congress has decided not to send spokespersons to televised debates for a month. All media channels/editors are requested not to feature Congress representatives in their programmes,” senior party leader Randeep Surjewala had posted on Twitter, now renamed X.
The Coordination Committee has also decided to start the process of allocating seats in view of next year’s general elections.
