The newly-formed opposition alliance INDIA will soon release a list of TV news anchors whose debates the opposition leaders will boycott. The decision was taken during the first meeting of the coordination committee on Wednesday which authorised the Sub-Group on Media to decide upon the names of the anchors and shows that INDIA leaders would boycott.
The first meeting of the coordination committee was held at the residence of NCP supremo Sharad Pawar in New Delhi. The group announced that they would hold their first joint public meeting in Bhopal in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh in the first week of October, and the constituent parties will start seat-sharing talks "at the earliest."
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INDIA parties to boycott TV news anchors
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal made the announcement at a press briefing following the meeting. "The coordination committee authorised the sub-group on media to decide upon the names of the anchors on whose shows none of the INDIA parties will send their representatives," he said.
Opposition parties have been accusing certain sections of the media of being biased towards the government. AAP MP Raghav Chadha said, "There are some anchors who conduct provocative debates. We'll make a list of them and INDIA alliance partners will stop going to their shows."
The Congress made a similar decision back in 2019, when it decided to boycott television shows for a month. "All media channels/editors are requested to not place Congress representatives on their shows," the party had said.
