Congress occasion forces ABP information to drop Shehzad Poonawalla from debate

Former Congress chief Shehzad Poonawalla right this moment took to Twitter to tell that ABP News had dropped him from a debate panel underneath stress from the Congress occasion. Poonawalla shared an audio dialog with a media coordinator of the ABP News, to say that Congress had blackmailed the channel into dropping him in the event that they needed their spokesperson to hitch the talk.
Apparently, the talk was concerning the toolkit situation that the Congress occasion had discovered itself mired in. At round 2 PM, Shehzad says he was requested by the ABP to hitch their debate that was scheduled for five pm. However, at 4:15 pm, Shehzad acquired a cellphone name from the ABP media coordinator, who knowledgeable him that the Congress occasion had requested them to drop him from the panel or else they might boycott the talk.
I’ve given audio proof above 👆that resulting from Congress blackmail they’re dropping me ((Congress has finished this many occasions however now right here is proof)Is this Free speech? Tolerance ? I’m an anchor presenter & analyst by career & I concern Congress will hound me much more 2/n pic.twitter.com/CVIz0VEoZj— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) May 21, 2021
According to the dialog, Congress spokespersons reportedly refused to share the display screen with Shehzad Poonawalla, who has been crucial of the occasion after his fallout with the Congress occasion. In the dialog, the ABP media coordinator might be heard saying that Congress would boycott the talk if Shehzad Poonawalla participates in it.
Poonawalla additional tweeted, “In audio you can hear clearly that @ABPNews revealed that CONGRESS has clearly dictated that I should not be there on panel! It’s clear blackmail & control of spineless pliable news channels If anything happens to me or if I lose my job it will be due to Congress alone.”
Shehzad claims this isn’t the primary time that he has been dropped from a debate due to stress from Congress, the occasion which proclaims itself as being a staunch proponent of freedom of speech. Many occasions previously, Shehzad contends, Congress had coerced information channels into dropping him from debate panels.
From as soon as being a loyal Congress chief and supporter, who represented the occasion in debates on a number of information channels, Shehzad ran afoul with the occasion after he raised questions on the in-party democracy and had declared the 2017 elections for the submit of occasion president rigged.
Congress toolkit fiasco
Congress has discovered itself in scorching water after social media was awash with a toolkit doc, which entailed point-by-point directions for the Congress staff to assault the Modi authorities. From maligning the Kumbh Mela and describing it as ‘super spreader’ to utilizing worldwide media and ‘friendly’ journalists to defame PM Modi, to blocking beds and hoarding different important provides for beneficial social media PR, the content material of the toolkit included a variety of directives for the loyal Congress leaders and supporters to be adopted to color PM Modi and his authorities’s dealing with of the coronavirus outbreak in a foul mild.
It later received AltNews to discredit the toolkit as faux and solid. However, the arguments offered by the left-leaning propaganda web site solely served to deepen the suspicions that the toolkit could have certainly be ready and disseminated by the Congress occasion.