Times Now Navbharat has been told to take down an episode of Navika Kumar’s primetime show Sawal Public Ka for violating guidelines aimed at preventing a communal colour in reportage on crime and riots.
The order came earlier this week on a complaint filed by Indrajeet Ghorpade, who said that the show implied Muslim men came to garba events to “commit crimes” against Hindu women. The episode was titled Garba bahana, Hindu betiya nishaana, and aired on September 29 last year. The complaint said the anchor “falsely claimed that a Muslim panellist on the show did not feel any pain about the videos of Hindu women being made,” and asked why the panellist did not participate in other Hindu festivities. “She claimed that such incidents (threatening women’s safety at Garba events) were happening every year without giving any evidence in support of her claim. She also stated that one cannot look at an ID card and peep into someone's heart.
