New Delhi: Arnab Goswami, one of the most popular face of TV channels, resigned from the Editors’ Guild of India after accusing it of hypocrisy in the aftermath of Palghar incident, where two Hindu seers were lynched by the violent mob.
‘I resign from the Editors Guild of India for its absolute compromise on editorial ethics, for being an organisation that is only operating in self-interest.’
Arnab Goswami resigns from the Editors Guild of India live on air.
Well done #ArnabGoswami ?@republic @Republic_Bharat @aishkapoor pic.twitter.com/n4CNVexI8G
— Kashyap Patel ?? (@kashyap9991) April 20, 2020
What Arnab said before resigning from Editor’s Guild
In his popular primetime news debate, the founder of Republic TV said this was not a case of “mistaken identity” and the intentions (behind the incident) “were clear”.
“If this had happened in a state run by BJP, and, instead of Hindus, and let me be very direct about it, they were from any minority community, would [actor] Nasseeruddin Shah, Aparna Sen, [historian] Ramchandra Guha, [editor] Siddharth Varadarajan, and the award vapsi gang, would they have gone berserk today?”
“Shekhar Gupta, you hear it from me first. Whatever has been remaining of the credibility of the Editors’ Guild of India has been destroyed by the abject silence on a series of fake news. It has become a self-serving organisation. I have been a member of the Editors’ Guild for a long time. I, hereby, resign for absolute compromise of editorial ethics.”
Brutal killing of 2 Sadhus in Palgarh
On April 16, three men from Kandivali in Mumbai were going in a car towards Surat in Gujarat to attend a funeral. Their vehicle was stopped near a village in Palghar. The three were dragged out of their car and beaten to death with sticks by a mob on suspicion that they were thieves.
The blood-thirsty mob attacked the Sadhus with rods and lathis, in presence of policemen. Both seers and the driver were dead when they reached the hospital.
The deceased were identified as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushilgiri Maharaj (35), and their car driver Nilesh Telgade (30).
How can people be so inhumane? Have you ever seen Police handing over a man to crowd to lynch & beat to death? Here is @Palghar_Police doing that. Case of 3 Brahmin men’s murder by mob is smartly shut & covered by @OfficeofUT Govt. Why no media reported? @republic @Dev_Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/J9OWohxhOw
— Sunaina Vinod (@mesunainah) April 19, 2020
Political blamegame began over the incident, with BJP demanding a high-level probe. CM Uddhav Thackeray assured of all action while informing that more than 100 people were taken into custody on the day of crime itself. However, ruling Congress in Maharashtra alleged that majority of the people arrested for the last week’s mob lynching incident in Palghar district were members of the BJP.
