Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has sparked an issue, saying he looks like “slapping” some younger journalists. Addressing an occasion, the Congress chief stated younger journalists do not learn about their seniors within the discipline and “don’t even have the widespread sense to face up” once they come.
“Those that don’t comply with primary courtesies like respecting seniors sit within the entrance rows once we conduct press conferences. A few of them present a lot conceitedness. Typically, I really feel like slapping them. However, stature and circumstances stop from doing so,” he was quoted as saying by information company PTI.
Reddy’s remarks sparked an issue, triggering a response from BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla, who stated the “DNA of emergency” is unfold to the entire of Congress celebration.
“First, Rahul Gandhi says that he’ll destroy the Election Fee with an atom bomb, so Revanth Reddy although why ought to he keep behind. One has insulted a constitutional establishment, and the opposite individual is insulting the fourth pillar of democracy,” Poonawalla stated.
The BJP chief was referring to Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” cost towards the Election Fee. The Congress chief had alleged that the ballot panel was concerned in “vote theft” to to learn the ruling BJP. In response, the ballot panel referred to as the allegations “baseless”, saying it ignores them.
On media retailers by political events
In the identical tackle the place he criticised some journalists, Revanth Reddy additionally criticised political events that launched media retailers, saying it “hurts journalism”.
“Some events begin political party-owned media to cowl up their irregularities, shield their wealth and tarnish the picture of these questioning them…” he stated.
He additionally stated that even individuals who “have no idea an alphabet” can name themselves a journalist. “Immediately, someone who doesn’t know alphabet says I’m a journalist. If we ask him, he says I’m a social media journalist. He identifies himself as a journalist as whether it is his surname,” the Chief Minister stated.
He additionally stated that the present media panorama requires senior journalists holding seminars to outline who a journalist is.
(With PTI inputs)
