The bomb blasts in Malegaon, Samjhouta Express, Mecca Masjid which led to incarceration of dozens of innocent Muslims have not taught any lesson to the corporate news channels. Once again, they flagrantly vied with one another with their anti-Muslim harangue after the recent Delhi blasts. Barely a few hours after the blast, Arnab Goswamy initiated a debate on his channel Times Now. All the panelists debated as though the HuJI claim was bona fide. The catchphrase of the debate was “Are vote bank politics failing the government to fight against terror?” One of the panelists Maroof Raza demonstrated his “patriotism” by suggesting that India should have security contracts with America and Israel for solving terrorism. The other news channels followed suit focusing their attention on “Muslim” angle. The police affirmation a day later, that the HuJi claim could be bogus as the ID of the sender was created three hours after the blast did not stop the media diatribe. The focus suddenly shifted to Indian Mujahideen (IM) when it purportedly claimed responsibility to the incident. Probably, driven by the media tirade, the police issued two photographs as the suspects…both sporting beards. Aren’t these satanic news channels causing disharmony in the nation by tacitly sermonising that bomb blasts could be only the handiwork of Muslims?
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa (A.P)