“The Modi wave is created by the media. There is no Modi wave on the ground or among voters,” Minister Shivanand Patil said in Vijayapura on Wednesday.
“The media highlights Prime Minister Narendra Modi all the time. Media broadcasts even his routine movements like sitting down, getting up or going for a walk. The media gathers around Mr. Modi when he sweeps the floor or takes a plunge in the water. You make it look like as if no other human being in the world has done such things. The media should at least record the fact that there are other leaders alive in the world. Even that is not being done. Due to this trend, the media is part of the attempts to change history,” he said.
“It is possible that Mr. Modi is a good leader. But when the people of the country vote for the 543 members in the Lok Sabha, they consider local factors. The BJP is going around campaigning that the Opposition should not exist in a democracy and the media joins them in saying so. How can democracy survive then? The media should also have the feeling that democracy should survive in this country,” he said.
