This decision comes in response to alleged provocative and communal debate shows, with the aim of refocusing the nation’s attention on real issues. The boycotted news channels are Times Now, Republic Bharat, Sudarshan News, and Doordarshan.
The INDIA bloc has released a list of TV anchors targeted for the boycott. The Congress Party and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have jointly shared this list. Congress leader Pawan Khera made the list public and stated, “Decision taken by INDIA Media Committee on September 14, 2023. Pursuant to the decision taken by the INDIA Coordination Committee in its meeting on September 13, 2023, the INDIA parties will not send their representatives to the shows and events of the following anchors.”
The list of boycotted anchors from various news channels includes:
- Aditi Tyagi
- Aman Chopra
- Amish Devgan
- Anand Narasimhan
- Arnab Goswami
- Ashok Shrivastav
- Chitra Tripathi
- Gaurav Sawant
- Navika Kumar
- Prachi Parashar
- Rubika Liaquat
- Shiv Aroor
- Sudhir Chaudhary
- Sushant Sinha
