Strongly condemning the early morning raids on journalists linked to online news portal NewsClick, the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) on Tuesday said the BJP government should focus on genuine issues concerning the nation and stop attacking the media to distract attention from its failures.
The BJP government has been deliberately persecuting and suppressing the media by deploying investigative agencies. Such action was taken in the past against the British Broadcasting Corporation, Newslaundry, Dainik Bhaskar, Bharat Samachar, the Kashmir Walla, the Wire, and so on. The raids at the homes of journalists associated with the NewsClick follows this sequence, the INDIA bloc said in a joint statement.
“In the national interest, it would behove the BJP government to focus on genuine issues of concern to the nation and the people, and stop attacking the media to distract attention from its failures,” it said.
