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In this episode of Hafta, host Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Meghnad S are joined by Sudhir Suryawanshi, the man behind Katta News, the only media outlet that managed to sift through the chaos during the Maharashtra political crisis. The panel discusses the Maharashtra political drama, Pragya Thakurâs recent remark on Nathuram Godse in Lok Sabha, the controversial Transgender Persons Bill, among other things.
Uddhav Thackrey was sworn in as chief minister of Maharashtra after a failed attempt by Ajit Pawar to split Sharad Pawarâs Nationalist Congress Party. Katta News, managed by Suryawanshi had announced Ajitâs coup two days in advance. Suryawanshi gives us insights on Maharashtra political drama and how Maha Vikas Aghadi (Congress, Shiv Sena and NCP alliance) came to power.Â
On the Godse row, Manisha says, âThere is genuinely an active push now to turn the narrative on Godse as a patriot and you can see this in the way his supporters have reacted on Twitter to Pragyaâs remark .â Meghnad retorts saying, âThis is not just about twitter trolls but the way news channels are calling them on panels and normalising whatever they are saying, that is problematic. So, now twitter trolls are not just on twitter anymore.â Â
On the governmentâs plan to move a Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, Abhinandan says, âI think this is a way to kind of try and get control on digital publications which they have the least control over. They can control satellite channels and newspapers much better than digital. I think itâs going to backfire.â
Speaking on the Transgender Persons Bill, Meghnad says, âThe whole law-making process is so male-dominated. Like when men make laws about women theyâre insensitive, when they make laws about LGBT+ community, they are inhuman.â
They also discuss the removal of SPG cover for Gandhi family and much more.
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Produced by Kartik Nijhawan and Ivneet Kaur, recorded by Manoj, and edited by Satish Kumar.