Smita Prakash, the editor of a news agency conducted the television interview of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and this interview been criticized by Congress President Rahul Gandhi saying that the interview was conducted by a “pliable journalist.
National Union of Journalists (India) Said that the Congress president must apologise to journalists for his remarks, BJP’s national media head and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni said: “This has been the Congress’s mindset about independent journalism. Rahul Gandhi’s DNA is of the Emergency. His party has a history of throttling journalism. He should apologise to the country’s journalists for his petty remarks.”
Smita Prakash, the editor of news agency who conducted the interview, tweeted, “Dear Mr Rahul Gandhi, cheap shot at your press conference to attack me. I was asking questions not answering. You want to attack Mr Modi, go ahead but downright absurd to ridicule me. Not expected of a president of the oldest political party in the country.”
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