Rahul Gandhi claimed that instead of fulfilling the real democratic responsibility of being the voice of the common people, the media was diverting public attention from basic issues.
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Questioning the role of the media, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that instead of the problems of the unemployed, farmers and laborers, the news media is giving special preference to politicians, film actors and cricketers sitting at the top of power.
Gandhi said in a meeting at Indore’s Rajwada Square as part of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, we tell the press to talk about unemployment, farm loan waiver, farmers and laborers, but they (media persons) tell how Aishwarya Rai is wearing clothes Or what did Shah Rukh Khan say or how did Virat Kohli hit a four?
He claimed that instead of fulfilling the real democratic responsibility of being the voice of the common people, the media was diverting public attention from basic issues. Gandhi said, when you change the news channel while watching TV, you see (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi on the first five channels and (Home Minister) Amit Shah on the sixth channel. But you will not see the face of the farmer and the tears of the laborer on the channels.
target on the central government
Attacking the central government regarding demonetisation and GST, the former Congress president said that both the steps have caused the biggest loss to the country. He said, the work which the Chinese army could not do, that work has been done by demonetisation and GST.
Gandhi told that on the fifth day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh, he walked for eight hours on Sunday in Indore, the largest city of the state.
He also said that if the Congress government is formed in the next assembly elections, he will ask his partymen to develop Indore as India’s biggest logistics center in the same way as Chicago was developed in America.
During the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ led by Gandhi, a differently-abled man joined the yatra along with people from different sections of the society in Indore and Gandhi was seen pushing his wheelchair for some time. Taking a few moments break from the padyatra, the former Congress president was also seen riding a motorcycle.
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