Ravish Kumar resigned from NDTV amid the channel being taken over by the Adani Group.
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar on Saturday resigned from NDTV where he was working for decades. Kumar resigned from NDTV, amid the channel being taken over by the Adani Group. Last night, he took this step after Radhika Roy and her husband Pranay Roy both resigned from the director post of RRPR holding privately limited.
He is the senior journalist in the country and his resignation sparked murmurs of controversies, that now big media houses are being captured by government-linked businesses.
Ravish Kumar is Known for Ravish Ki Report program on NDTV
Journalist Ravish Kumar is very famous for his lightning program Ravish Ki Report. He is also known for ‘Desh Ki Baat’ and prime-time programs on NDTV. In response to his resignation, many other senior journalists tweeted that his voice is not that weak that can be suppressed.
He is well-known for hardcore journalism and is known for using facts in his statements. Many of his associates tweeted that Kumar does not need an air-conditioned hall or channel to read the news, he can read the news even in the bathroom. While some people on social media advised him to come on youtube or start his own channel.
Adani Group Going to takeover NDTV holding RRPR group
Adani group headed by Gautam Adani is set to acquire a majority of stakes in the NDTV as he acquires RRPR group which has 29% stakes. Yesterday, RRPR directors resigned but they are still having their part in NDTV.
Gautam Adani is very close to BJP and he is the richest person in India. BJP is very favorable to Adani group as he is favored in many projects handling. The Adani group opened its bidding on November 22 and the deal is said to be closed before December 5. Although, the price of NDTV is way too low as of its original price.
Ravish Kumar strong critic of the BJP and Narendra Modi
Ravish Kumar is very strong and one of the open critics of the PM Modi-led BJP government. He strongly advocates for people’s rights and always picks up issues that are mostly left by the BJP or other media houses to discuss.
Ravish Kumar strongly condemns the Modi government’s policies and he accuses PM Modi of using and influencing media houses to spread his own propaganda.
Although PM Modi speaks very little about Ravish Kumar other people in the BJP always criticize Ravish Kumar and accuse him of only attacking the BJP and not other parties. It can be true also as he often makes statements about other parties and most of his words are favored in Congress.
Ravish Kumar was Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2019
Ravish Kumar was given the Noble of Journalism Ramon Magsaysay award in the year 2019. He was awarded this award for his courageous and plain white journalism. After winning this award, he got well-known all around the world.
Kumar Working at NDTV from 1996
He has been working at NDTV, from the year 1996. He started his career as a ground journalist and used to cover Rural India in his early days. And, from then on only he started to make an impact on people through fierce journalism. He resigned from NDTV, from the post of senior acting Editor.
He may have resigned from NDTV, but now big media houses are in line to sign him as he can fetch a very good number of viewers and because of his huge fan following.
His resignation sparked rumors of Politics influencing Journalism
Amid Ravish Kumar’s resignation, it is more evident that now politics is entering into Journalism and is influencing it, which can be very dangerous for journalism. The circle of these incidents that are happening over the last few days was completed yesterday as Ravish Kumar resigned.
Adani group is very well known by people that it is favored by BJP and most of the BJP’s funding comes from ADANI GROUP. It is very unfortunate that politics is now entering into journalism and it can affect the core of journalism.
It is inevitable that politicians can use big media houses for their own campaigning and spreading their own false narratives. Hope everything gets well as soon as possible or the judiciary or people should decide, who to support or who to oppose.
