It’s not a hidden secret anymore that Republic TV is the mouthpiece of the country’s ruling party. Recently, in an attempt to disrupt social harmony, it cried foul.
A few days ago, Bhartiya Yuva Morcha (BJYM) protested on campus against a planned visit by AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, even though the lawmaker had cancelled his visit. But Republic TV sent its crew for reporting this event.
No other national media went to cover the story but the so called Nationalist Republic TV. In my opinion it went to do jingoism and attack the Muslim community over this issue.
But when the scuffle happened between Republic TV crew and University authorities, Republic TV went on to say that their crew has been heckled and then showed the doctored video on their news channel. And quite an interesting fact: the whole video is available on internet. Now, you need to understand why Republic TV is always playing dirty games. One probable answer could be that it wanted to be in good books of the ruling party .
It must be noted that 14 students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) including current and former office-bearers of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) were booked on sedition charges and other IPC sections on Wednesday for allegedly raising anti-national slogans on the campus. However, police didn’t find any proof.
So the motive of Republic TV is fulfilled. Now it can play it as a breaking news and other newspapers too will cover it – 14 AMU students booked under anti-national charges and this will definitely harm the social fabric.
Now police said that they have found no substantial evidence against them, then why were cases of sedition registered?
Think over it; sedition charges are not charges of petty crimes, it will definitely harm their career and this will lead to those people loosing their faith in democracy !
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