New Delhi: A day after a video of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal allegedly saying that media outlets were accepting money for favourable coverage of the BJP, his party attempted to defend him and said that it would file a complaint against three news channels for an alleged bias towards the BJP. Party leader Sanjay Singh said they will petition the election commission against three channels, India TV, India News and Zee TV, for their biased coverage in favour of Modi.
He also said that Times Now also carried news that was biased against the AAP. Kejriwal had accused the media of being biased.
Singh also demanded a probe into the sting operation that had allegedly found evidence that opinion polls on channels were rigged.
“There should be a probe into the matter and action should be taken accordingly,” party spokesperson Ashutosh said.
Former journalist Ashish Khetan who is also contesting on the party’s ticket said that the media had been targeting Kejriwal unfairly while letting off the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. “There are so many issues but the media is behind only Arvind Kejriwal. Not even one question is being asked about Modi’s rallies,” Khetan said.Agencies
