Last morning Rajdeep Sardesai of CNN IBN was early on Twitter which is abnormal, Tweeted about this at 9.48AM soon he was followed by Sagarika Ghose and then came Pallavi Ghose with her profound Tweet on BJP and Nitin Gadkari.
Expectedly jigsaw pieces started to fall in place and the picture began to emerge. This
cacophony about Nitin Gadkari's scam and corruption started by Anjali Damania picked up by Arvind Kejriwal had become TV favorite NDTV had done some programme on it.
However by early evening 5.07PM Pallavi Ghose again Tweeted, diametrically opposite
to what she had stated in the morning.
It was therefore safe to assume channel had been instructed by political paymasters to ease off on Nitin Gadkari lest the boomerang effect claims some unsuspecting and
important functionary from their stable.
The story does not end here, the interesting part was to follow at 9PM, yes where else
but the noisiest, most abrasive and of course least logical of all channels you guessed it right Timesnow. Lynch mob was there Kangaroo court with the attendent jury, hysterical, prosecutor, judge and executioner in the shape and form of Arnab Goswami.
Watching Arnab Goswami's Evangelic zeal against corruption one cannot blame those who may think that Thenewshour is not about NEWS but about judging and convicting
the corrupt and scamsters. The minor shortcoming one does detects, there is no scope for a plea of Non Guilty. Justice is instant, verdict is predetermined, facts and evidence
are not required. The accused should not belong to Congress party.
Those who would like a repeat dose of this so called Thenewshour may click on the
links below for Video.
I wonder if people still recall when this channel and this hysterical anchor targeted B.S.
Yedduruppa democratically elected Chief Minister of State of Karnataka who was
hounded while on vacation in Mauritius. The said Chief Minister was made to resign
because of witch hunt launched by this channel and anchor. All charges leveled against
BSY are failing the test of Law. Then there was the so called Porngate in Karnataka. An
IPS officer killed in Madhaya Pradesh this anchor and channel again went ballistic, only
to find out it was a case of accident more than a premeditated murder.
If this was not sufficient, this channel without investigating went overboard yet again
involving Madhaya Pradesh in a case of Stayagrah that was not.
This is not all, the list is long in case of Gujarat, and it's Chief Minister Mr. Narendra Modi the very mention of this name, make this channel salivate at the prospect of high TRPs
to ensure that it gathers together all the rabid anti-Modi individuals who can rant
endlessly for hours if not days.
Let us revert back to present case of Mr. Nitin Gadkari, this manically hysterical anchor
(don't know if he should be called an anchor) gathered a set of people including Anajali
Damania who herself stand accused of wrong doing, but that is immaterial for his
crusade to nail Gadkari. Phrase repeatedly used was "Packup Time for Gadkari" when
Mr. K.G Suresh attempts to bring the issue into proper perspective by asking for a probe be conducted, Arnab summarily dismisses that as unacceptable, when the same point
is made by Mr. Majid Memon again the response from Arnab is one of disbelief. His
cameramen have been to some locations a few pictures are flashed across TV screen
in his estimate that is enough evidence to hang Gadkari for his crime of corruption.
Now let look at the way, he and his channel have handled the scams of unprecedented
scale which involve such humongous sums that we do not even know the number of
Zeros needed to reach there. What has this channel uncovered in the last 3years other
than Queen's baton relay in which some overcharging and authorized payments were
made by Suresh Kalmadi. Yes this channel went after him with the same zeal, that was more on account of not being awarded any contract for CWG than anything else.
Arnab and Timesnow have not shown any interest in following through in the CWG
scam which involved Rs 80,000crores. Kalmadi was not the only one involved, yet this
channel did not ever demand or make an expose against those who were involved. We did not hear "Pack up time" for any Minister or CM of Delhi. Similarly take the case of 2G there has been no expose nor the phrase "Pack up time for so and so". Coal scam no
expose by this channel other than on Subodh Kant Sahay but we still did not hear "Pack up time for so and so."
There are many other instances, where this anchor and his channel are busy pretending allz well when Congress is involved. This post would be incomplete without any refence to the common ploy used by this anchor, to dilute and divert attention, when ever
Congress is on a sticky wicket. He is a virtual archive digger, despite knowing fully well
that inflation figure of 10years ago are not going mitigate the current price rise, yet he
does bring those out so that the escape hatch for Congress is opened. He invariably
employs 19982004 soap bar to wash away the stains of Congress corruption. Ah 1998-2004 is the time when NDA had formed the government at the center. So every misdeed of Congress, is canceled by a similar deed from that period without forgetting to remind us Two wrongs don't make a right. Yet he does it evening after evening. If in case he
can't find 19982004 soap bar then he does have the liberty of using 2002 Gujarat riots
cottage industry to justify.
In conclusion he does rub salt into our wound by claiming "Your Channel" excuse me if itwas my channel I would either eject you or close down this so called news channel and not even miss it.
This Article appread today in DNA.
Similarly this set of Tweets should also make you think.
Latest update on 08th Dec 2012
NEW DELHI: A former chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation has contested
Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati's allegation that the NDA government had misused the agency to put pressure on her.
Former CBI director Uma Shankar Mishra told ET on Friday that there was no pressure from the then government to pursue cases filed against Mayawati between
Former CBI director Uma Shankar Mishra told ET on Friday that there was no pressure from the then government to pursue cases filed against Mayawati between
2003 and 2005 and that it had acted on the orders of the Supreme Court.{ LINK }