The arrest of journalist, Republic Television editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami, in a suicide incitement case two years ago created quite a stir Wednesday morning. The journalist was first detained at his Mumbai residence and later arrested.
BJP Chairman JP Nadda took to Twitter and reported the arrest without a word. Paralleling Emergency, he wrote: “India did not forgive Indira Gandhi for the Emergency. India never forgave Rajiv Gandhi for his attack on press freedom. And now India will once again punish Sonia-Rahul Gandhi for her brazen and intimidating use of state power to equalize journalists. “
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“Anyone who believes in a free press and freedom of expression is furious at the Maharashtra government’s intimidation and harassment of Arnab Goswami. This is another example of the mischief led by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi of silencing those who disagree with them. Embarrassing! “He added.
Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Smriti Irani also condemned the arrest and blamed Congress for the arrest.
“The emergency came to an end in 1977 but the tendency to impose it still persists. After Shiv Sena, who supported the emergency, and Congress, the party that imposed it, joined the state, the trend has emerged. Such attempts to suppress the voice against the government are detrimental to democracy. The country has always opposed such attempts, ”former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted in Marathi.
Although there has been no statement from the Maha Vikas Aghadi government on this arrest so far, Shiv Sena’s leader, Sanjay Raut, quashed all these “vendetta” accusations and said that everything that has been done has followed the due course of the law.
Maharashtra Congressional General Secretary and Speaker Sachin Sawant called the arrest a tribute to the late Anway Naik. “Anway Naik and her mother were forced to commit suicide after the Arnab Canal failed to pay its 80 lakh rupee fees. The Fadnavis government did not investigate the case or do justice to the family of the deceased. There was a lot of political pressure on the then Fadnavis government to silence the case for obvious reasons. Modi’s government was protecting Arnab only because his channel was carrying out its agenda. Instead of condemning the action against the culprit, the BJP should feel ashamed for not having done justice to the Naik family. We welcome the action taken by the MVA government, ”he said.
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