Namaskar, today is a shameful day for the media
And I myself, being a media-person, am saying this
because yesterday
a very large media group moved the high court to obtain a stay order against press freedom itself
I am talking about Cobra Post which had conducted a sting operation earlier
demonstrating how various channels and newspapers
were ready to promote the agenda of Hindutva in exchange for money
and at that time
in this sting operation Pushp Sharma, a reporter with Cobra Post
disguised himself as Acharya Atal and went to several places where his offers were accepted
Following are the names of those organizations who were willing to promote the agenda of Hindutva in exchange for money.
They agreed to begin with soft Hindutva which was to slowly become semi-political that would entail character assassination
and finally we would openly polarize the society in order to usher in the Hindu-Muslim divide.
So at that time, the first sting operation of Cobra Post
which was named "Operation 136" - Part 1
had covered India TV, Dainik Jagran, Hindi Khabar, SAB Group, DNA which is a Mumbai-based paper published by Zee,
Amar Ujala, UNI - news agency, 9X Tashan, then a channel named Samachar Plus, then an Uttarakhand based channel called HNN 24x7,
Hindi newspapers Punjab Kesari and Swatantra Bharat,
web portals ScoopWhoop, Rediff.com, India Watch - these are big names,
Aj and finally, Sadhna Prime News.
The officials of these channels were contacted and, in exchange for money,
in this sting operation, (it was agreed to begin with the promotion of) soft Hindutva followed by some character assassination of opposition leaders,
especially Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav,
and finally, the politics of polarization.
Today, Cobra Post
was due to release "Operation 136" - Part 2
and hold a press conference at the Press Club of India, but before that could happen
a media group called Dainik Bhaskar went to court
and obtained a stay order.
Now this operation has been named "136" because
in the matter of press freedom
India is ranked 136th in the world.
The intention of this operation by Cobra Post was to expose that how in exchange for money
the channels, newspapers and people whom we trust,
their owners and officials are non-hesitant to promote this agenda in exchange for money.
Advertorials are a different thing.
Advertisement and editorial.
Advertorials are explicitly marked as such.
But to promote an agenda in the shadow of news, be it through vocabulary
such as "mahasangram", "raj tilak"
"laxman rekha", "dharm yudh", "mahabharat"
that is to say, promoting the agenda of a specific religion through such vocabulary.
The names exposed in this round of the sting operation are bound to shock.
The institutions who agreed to do this job in exchange for money
include The Times of India
The Times of India!
India Today, and India Today has issued a statement saying that their business, marketing and administration unit is different from the editorial unit,
so if their marketing or business administration officials are agreeing to accept money
then the question arises that in exchange for what?
Hindustan Times
Zee News, Network 18, Star India, ABP News, Dainik Jagran, Radio One, Red FM, Lokmat, ABN Andhra Jyoty,
TV5, Dinamalar, Big FM, K News, India Voice, The New Indian Express, MVTV and Open magazine.
We have received this names courtesy of Cobra Post.
Please visit YouTube and search for Operation 136 - Part 2
Despite the court's injunction, Cobra Post has released the whole operation on YouTube.
You too should see which great men of the media are ready to promote a particular agenda in exchange for money.
Names are: Mahesh Babu P, chief manager at New Indian Express
Vineet Jain, managing director of the Times Group
even he is indulging in such dealings
Anil Dua, chief revenue officer at the Hindustan Times, and he has got nothing to do with me,
despite his surname being the same as mine,
Saurabh Mishra, business head, Hindustan Times
Sudhanshu Gupta, vice president, PayTM
Pradeep V, group head: sales, ENIL
Namrata Nagraj, assistant manager: sales, Radio One
Gauri Mohanty, sales and marketing head, Zee Kalinga
Vijay Shekhar, senior vice president, PayTM
Gautam Dutta, regional director: east, ABP News
see, names of institutions which people trust
Aniruddh Singh, CEO/Editor in Chief, India Voice
Rajan Sharma, general manager: marketing, Swaraj Express
Ashish Anand, business head, Bharat Samachar
You will be able to see their true colors on YouTube
Operation 136 - Part 2, Cobra Post
Visit YouTube to see this.
Since the judges, in their wisdom, have given a stay to Dainik Bhaskar
therefore, their sting operation has not been posted
The counsel for Dainik Bhaskar, Niraj Krishna Kaul,
he has an interesting history.
He entered the legal profession in 1980,
became a senior advocate at the age of 38,
and on 19th April 2009,
he was appointed as the Additional Judge of the High Court.
His tenure as judge lasted only for four months and eight days,
after which he resigned,
but his résumé now reflects that he is a former judge.
Now I am telling you all this because when an environment is created
it is not created using only Cambridge Analytica or Aadhaar Card or Voter data,
the environment is created using this also. Let me give you an example,
it is possible that the numbers I provide are off by a small margin due to by-polls but the general picture is clear.
At this time, it is being claimed that India has been fully saffronized.
What is the reality?
There are 29 states in our country.
Out of 29, only 10 state assemblies have
a BJP majority.
The remaining 19 states do not.
In Sikkim they do not have a single seat.
Not a singe seat in Mizoram.
And not a single seat in Tamil Nadu.
You might be unaware of the facts but
but the work of Pushp Sharma disguised as Acharya Atal
clearly shows how an environment is created
and how the media is ready to be sold, this is the media we refer to as "bikau" media.
Visit YouTube and watch that. Moreover,
Of Andhra Pradesh's 294 seats, BJP has 9.
We are talking about the BJP in particular because this whole sting operation
was conducted by Cobra Post against saffronization and how the media is willing to play a role in it
Of Andhra Pradesh's 294 seats, BJP has 9.
Of Kerala's 140 seats, BJP has 1.
Of Punjab's 117 seats, BJP has 3.
Of West Bengal's 294, BJP has just 3.
Of Telengana's 119, the BJP has just 5.
Of Delhi's 70, it has just 3.
Of Orissa's 147, it has just 10.
Of Nagaland's 60, it has just 12.
And of the states where the BJP is in coalition,
one is Meghalaya where the BJP has just 2 out of 60 but is part of the coalition.
In Bihar, where there are 243 seats, the BJP has just 53.
In Jammu and Kashmir, they have 25 out of 87 seats.
In Goa, they have 13 out of 40.
This is the factual position which we are showing you.
But the media tends to show a different picture.
A different environment.
So all in all, there are 4139 assembly seats in the whole of India
Out of which the BJP has 1516 seats only.
And that too, 950 out of these seats,
That is, if we remove 566 seats from their total
they have 950 seats coming from 6 states only.
6 out of 29 states
have given them 950 seats out of their total of 1516 seats.
These are the states where they have formed government.
Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka - Karnataka had a BJP government, now no more, but the total is after adding Karnataka
U.P, M.P. and Rajasthan.
So
The environment of saffornization that has been created,
the truth therein comes to the fore through these figures
This is a very significant operation conducted by Cobra Post
You can read about the sting operation on The Wire's website also
Do not trust the media blindly.
As long as the reality is not absolutely clear.
And make sure to visit YouTube to watch the Cobra Post sting operation "Operation 136"
I had forgotten but a website named Media Vigil reminded me
They published a post on 23 May 2018 with the story dated 22 May 2018,
They have written that four years ago
On this very day
during the election when Pradhan Sevak Narendra Modi was not the Pradhan Sevak yet and was a designate
I had written an open letter to him on a television channel.
I had forgotten, it was Media Vigil which brought out this letter.
I figured that I should read it to you
so you can see how relevant the letter is even today
I had written this letter on 22 May
At the time, Narendra Modi had not taken oath as Prime Minister.
On 23 May, pardon me. 23 May 2014.
I had written the letter as follows:
"Dear Sir Mr. Narendra Modi..."
Hear this letter as I read it to you, that I had written four years ago.
How true is it today, and how relevant, it is up to you to decide.
"Dear Mr. Narendra Modi
The swearing-in ceremony will be held on 26 May.
This is not your personal event."
In subsequent years he proved that everything was his personal event.
"This is not your personal event.
This is the swearing-in ceremony of the next prime minister of the country.
The oath, as we all know, is a sanctified promise in our culture and tradition.
And not adhering to which is considered to be a moral sin.
The second condition of the oath is humility.
That you should attach your confidence to the oath with all humility.
The second condition of the oath is to attach your confidence thereto with all humility,
and therefore to fulfill the hopes of the poor people of this country with humility."
In other words, don't show your 56-inched chest.
"Third
Only the arrogant folk display their anger and might when they are victorious.
Numerous supporters and party workers of yours are doing exactly that."
I had written this in 2014.
"Numerous supporters and party workers of yours are doing exactly that.
Be it on Twitter or on Facebook, numerous people associated with you have resorted to verbal abuse."
These people are still continuing to do so.
"Have resorted to verbal abuse.
Please address them too just like you will address the nation."
That they should stop this abuse and converse respectfully, but you haven't done anything of this sort in the past four years.
This is what I am adding right now.
"Fourthly and most importantly,
from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh
every prime minister has
remained under the influence of this incorrect assumption
that he is not only the prime minister of India but also a major world leader
who deserves to be included with the likes of the U.S., Russian and Chinese leaders
because the real position of India lies in their company. It is only a matter of a few years.
It is under this very misconception that the country has spent its 66 years of independence.
Please stay away from this misconception."
This is the advice I gave him four years ago
He has continued to rely on this acute misconception by visiting several places
with an impression that he too holds a position equal to that of these countries.
I write further:
"Please stay away from this misconception for even today India is a rich country populated by poor people.
You are about to become the prime minister of a country
where even the poorest of the poor is taxed.
You have a majority
coupled with your allies
and you are facing a very weak opposition.
There is no reason for you to fail in fulfilling your promises
but please remain cautious of misconceptions.
Shubhaste Panthana Santu (may your roads ahead be auspicious)."
I had given him good wishes and that he should stay away from misconceptions
There was no reason - with a majority and a very small opposition -
you could have easily fulfilled all your promises however absurd they may have been.
But you did not.
My letter is still relevant today after four years. Namaskar.
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