We will be neutral

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/09/2013

A new English language daily has been launched from Hyderabad which made an unusual declaration on day one. Metro India is from the same stable as Namaste Telangana, a Telugu newspaper in which TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao has an equity stake. The promoter CL Rajam is a businessman who figured in this controversy, and is close to both Congress and TRS leaders. He wrote in the inaugural issue: "Metro India will remain fair to all political interests and maintain neutrality towards all political parties."

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