Minister Anurag Thakur lashes out at anti-India op-ed of NYT

On tenth March 2023, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Youth Affairs, and Sports Anurag Thakur lashed out at New York Times for an anti-India editorial printed on eighth March 2023. Anurag Thakur stated, “We don’t need to learn the grammar of democracy from agenda-driven media.”

Taking to Twitter, Anurag Thakur printed a thread of tweets during which he wrote, “New York Times had long back dropped all pretensions of neutrality while publishing anything about India. NYT’s so-called opinion piece on freedom of the press in Kashmir is mischievous & fictitious published with the sole motive to spread propaganda about India and its democratic values. This is in continuation with what NYT and a few other link-minded foreign media have been spreading lies about India and our democratically elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji. Such lies can’t last long.”

…and its democratic establishments and values.

This is in continuation with what NYT and some different link-minded overseas media have been spreading lies about India and our democratically elected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji.
Such lies can’t final lengthy.

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) March 10, 2023

Minister Anurag Thakur added, “Some foreign media nourishing a grudge against India and our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi have long been systematically trying to peddle lies about our democracy and pleuritic society. Freedom of the Press in India is as sacrosanct as other fundamental rights.”

Some overseas media nourishing a grudge in opposition to India and our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi have lengthy been systematically attempting to hawk lies about our democracy and pleuritic society.

Freedom of Press in India is as sacrosanct as different elementary rights.

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) March 10, 2023

Anurag Thakur additional stated in his subsequent tweets, “Democracy in India and We the people are very mature and we don’t need to learn the grammar of democracy from such agenda-driven media. Blatant lies spread by NYT abt press freedom in Kashmir are condemnable. Indians will not allow such mindsets to run their decisive agenda on Indian soil.”

Indians is not going to enable such mindsets to run their decisive agenda on India soil.

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) March 10, 2023

The stated article printed in New York Times was written by Anuradha Bhasin, the Executive Editor of The Kashmir Times who criticized PM Modi’s stance in opposition to the Indian media and its freedom of expression. Donning an anti-India outlook on the worldwide media platform, she alleged that the Modi-led authorities had imposed ‘repressive’ media insurance policies within the nation and was intentionally focusing on the media organizations who selected to voice an opinion in opposition to it or the Prime Minister.

In an article titled ‘Modi’s closing assault on India’s Press Freedom has begun’, Bhasin who has been a vocal critic of the Indian institution for some time stated that her outlet, The Kashmir Times, couldn’t survive Modi. She additionally blatantly alleged that the federal government was intimidating media shops into serving as mouthpieces and creating an info vacuum within the Union Territory.