Reporters Without Orders Ep 226: Maharashtra's political crisis

Host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and Prateek Goyal.

They discuss Prateek’s report on the political crisis in Maharashtra which culminated in the fall of Uddhav Thackeray's coalition government and rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde's installation as the chief minister.

Prateek traces Shinde’s rise from a corporator to MLA and now chief minister. “Shinde has a very strong hold in the party politics even though he was never in the limelight,” he notes.

They then talk about Tanishka’s report on Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana and how it has stayed relevant even after 35 years. Tanishka takes a dive into the reports and workings of the newspaper, noting that “Saamana is a part of the city and not just a paper, it has a character of its own''.

“If you read a piece which is not related to politics from the paper, you can’t tell that its coming from a mouthpiece so I guess balance is the key,” Tanishka adds.

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.

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Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:00 - Political turmoil in Maharashtra

00:26:00 - Saamana

00:42:50 - Recommendations

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Produced and recorded by Tehreem Roshan, edited by Umrav Singh.