Arnab Goswami attack: Congress shows it brought Emergency and continues its rich tradition to trample free speech, says BJP
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: April 23, 2020 04:55 PM2020-04-23T16:55:25+5:302020-04-23T16:55:25+5:30
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Two people were arrested on Thursday in connection with the attack on TV anchor Arnab Goswami and his wife.
Arnab Gosmavi, editor-in-chief of the Republic TV news channel, aired the news on his channel about the Palghar lynching. This created a stir on social media.
3 men, including 2 Sadhus, brutally hacked to death by a mob in Palghar. Many netizens have accused Arnab of trying to create a religious rift by saying that Hindu sadhus are being killed in India which has 80 percent Hindu population.
"Shocking to see Arnab Goswami attacked after Congress CMs publicly threatened him. Sad to see such public hounding of a journalist for his freedom of speech. Congress shows it is the party that brought Emergency and continues its rich tradition of trampling free speech," BJP party president J P Nadda tweeted.
Congress shows it is the party that brought Emergency and continues it’s rich tradition of trampling free speech,” Nadda said on Twitter.
J P Nadda, on Thursday condemned the alleged attack on senior journalist Arnab Goswami and targeted the Congress over the incident.
Arnab Goswami invited sharp criticism from Congress leaders for his remarks aimed at their party president Sonia Gandhi during a TV discussion on the Palghar incident in which three persons, including two sadhus, were lynched.
Following Arnab Goswami's statement, Congress leader and minister Nitin Raut lodged a complaint against Arnab Goswami in Nagpur. Raut alleged that Arnab was trying to create a religious rift.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray addressed the Palghar mob lynching incident, where two sadhus and their driver was beaten to death, was not a communal incident and was a case of mistaken identity.
Senior BJP leader and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar also condemned the incident.
Some people are doing caste politics in the Palghar lynching case. 101 people had been arrested in connection with the violence and would be in police custody till 30 April. Some people are deliberately trying to create communal. It is a shameful that to do such dirty politics while the whole country is fighting Coronavirus.
