New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday launched a sharp attack on a television news channel, accusing it of surrendering press freedom and shielding political power after it allegedly deleted a social media post showing its own journalist being verbally attacked by a ruling party leader.
In a strongly worded post on X, Banerjee said the episode reflected the deepening crisis of the media's independence in the country. "We live in a country where a news channel deletes a tweet showing its own journalist being verbally attacked by a ruling party leader simply for asking questions," he wrote. "Instead of standing by their reporter, the channel chooses silence, protecting POWER rather t...