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Thread: On 2 Nov 1991, Dainik Jagran declared that 100 karsevaks were killed by indiscriminate police firing on Ram bhakts. The figure changed the next day: to 32.
It is difficult to imagine #BabriMasjid's demolition without the editorial activism of Hindi Press, esp Jagran.
It is difficult to imagine #BabriMasjid's demolition without the editorial activism of Hindi Press, esp Jagran.
Dainik Jagran exhorted readers to take a stand on kar seva in its reports, editorials and published appeals.
"The editors behaved as if they were part of the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign where every Indian is a Hindu, and every Hindu a ‘Rambhakt," wrote Zoya Hasan.
"The editors behaved as if they were part of the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign where every Indian is a Hindu, and every Hindu a ‘Rambhakt," wrote Zoya Hasan.
On 21 Jan 1991, Press Council passed a resolution censuring 4 Hindi papers, incl Jagran
While Dainik Jagran was called out for its biased reportage during the #Babridemolition, the UP correspondent of the Urdu daily Inquilab, Nawab Afsar, became a CBI witness in the case.
While Dainik Jagran was called out for its biased reportage during the #Babridemolition, the UP correspondent of the Urdu daily Inquilab, Nawab Afsar, became a CBI witness in the case.
19 years later, Jagran bought Inquilab.
How and why?
In the media issue of @thecaravanindia: https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/revolution-muted
How and why?
In the media issue of @thecaravanindia: https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/revolution-muted
