The crew of Delhi-based news channels in Shimla are putting up at the Willow Banks hotel on the Mall road – the venue of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s media centre in the Himachal Pradesh capital. On Friday morning, reporters from Zee News, ABP News and TV9 Bharatvarsh stepped out of the hotel for interviews with locals.
Waiting for them outside was Rama Sharma, 62, who runs a small restaurant in the town. “I need to get back to work,” she muttered after speaking to ABP News. “I’m waiting for another channel crew to arrive. They want to speak to me.”
