TRP scam: Maha Vikas Aghadi allies demand stringent action

Maharashtras ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi allies Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party and Congress on Friday demanded stringent action in the TRP scam detected by the Mumbai Police allegedly implicating some private television channels including Republic TVWhile Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad party MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut asked that given the huge magnitude of the scam should central agencies like the Enforcement Directorate ED enter the pictureMaharashtras ruling MahaVikasAghadi alliesShiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party amp Congress on Friday demanded stringent action in the TRPSCAM detected by the MumbaiPolice allegedly implicating some private television channels including RepublicTVPhoto IANS File pictwittercommrKpkIj67ymdash IANS Tweets ians_india October 9 2020Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh warned that irrespective of their position all those found guilty in the matter would be dealt with strictly while Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that besides the huge amounts of money involved in the scam it was a blow to the Fourth Pillar of democracyContending that the TRP scam in which the Mumbai Police have named Republic TV Fakt Marathi Box Cinema and India Today TV was worth over Rs30000 crore Raut said that it is as big as the 2G spectrum scam and some other defence scandals of the pastIn recent months we saw some channels working as propaganda channels for some political parties They targeted the MVA government the Thackeray family Who is behind this scam Where did the money come from asked RautSlamming Republic TV Sawant said that besides doing injustice to the rest of the media it undermines the very democratic foundations since the media is the Fourth Pillar of democracyThe manner in which Republic TV campaigned to subvert public opinion by tyring to paint Sushant Singh Rajputs death as a murder case clearly points towards a major conspiracy to denigrate the Maharashtra government that stands exposed now Sawant saidThis along with the fake social media accounts created in the Sushant case are neoterrorism intended to sabotage democracy by artificially creating a narrative Republic TV enjoys support from the BJP government Its a criminal conspiracy of the BJP against the country and this channel is an accomplice Sawant addedKishore Tiwari Advisor to Maharashtra Chief Minister said that he had been saying since long that some of these channels are acting as mouthpieces of the BJP and the latest revelations by the Mumbai Police have confirmed itThese channels are indulging in creating fake news twisting truth and facts and now they have been found indulging in fraudulent manipulation of TRP ratings to make bogus claims of being No 1 The police must also probe the entire financial dealings of these channels Tiwari saidKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever