Complaint against Namo

IN Media Watch Briefs | 27/11/2012

Isanpur resident Atul Niranjan Dave has filed a complaint with the chief electoral officer (CEO) Gujarat alleging that the cameraman of NaMo channel and two BJP workers were rude when he chose to speak his mind and not praise chief minister Narendra Modi as wished by the channel crew. Dave said that a programme ‘Praja No Awaj’ is aired on the NaMo channel wherein people are aired saying that ‘Narendra Modi is the best CM’ and that ‘he is the best PM candidate’. “On November 7, I was approached for an interview by the channel. The crew was accompanied by two BJP workers. I chose to speak my mind and did not heap praises on Modi as wished by the crew. Soon, they switched off the camera and were rude with me,” Dave has said in his complaint.

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