New Delhi, September 14, 2023 – In the wake of the inaugural meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc’s coordination committee, the subgroup responsible for media affairs has made a significant decision. They announced their intention to abstain from participating in the news programs hosted by 14 specific news anchors.
Pawan Khera, spokesperson for the Congress party, disclosed this development through a statement on his ‘X’ handle, noting, “The following decision was taken by the INDIA media committee in a virtual meeting held this afternoon.”
According to the statement released by the INDIA media group, it reads: “Pursuant to the decision taken by the INDIA coordination committee in its meeting on September 13, the INDIA parties will not send their representatives on the shows and events of anchors: Aditi Tyagi, Aman Chopra, Amish Devgan, Anand Narsimhan, Arnab Goswami, Ashok Shrivastav, Chitra Tripathi, Gaurav Sawant, Navika Kumar, Prachi Parashar, Rubika Liaquat, Shiv Aroor, Sudhir Chaudhary, and Sushant Sinha.”
The decision comes after the coordination committee’s first meeting, which took place at the residence of NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, where Congress General Secretary (Organisation) KC Venugopal addressed the media. He stated, “The coordination committee authorised the sub-group of media to decide upon the names of the anchors on whose shows none of the INDIA parties will send their representatives.”
Additionally, the INDIA bloc unveiled a 19-member working group for media, including prominent figures such as Jairam Ramesh from Congress, Manoj Jha from RJD, Arvind Sawant from Shiv Sena, Jitendra Ahwad from NCP, Chaddha from AAP, Rajiv Ranjan and Manish Kumar from JD-U, Pranjal from CPM, Ashish Yadav and Rajeev Nigam from Samajwadi Party, Supriyo Bhattacharya and Alok Kumar from JMM, Dr. Bhalchandran Kango from CPI, Tanvir Sadiq, Prashant Kannojia, Naren Chatterjee from AIFB, Sucheta De from CPI-ML, and Mohit Bhan from PDP. These members were announced during the third meeting of INDIA held in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on September 1.
