Published 22:02 IST, August 8th 2019

BJP MP Rakesh Sinha appeals to democratic forces in India to condemn Pak stooges on Twitter inciting violence

BJP MP Rakesh Sinha on Thursday spoke about the devious attempt by Pakistan stooges on social media to defame the channel and incite violence in India and Jammu and Kashmir.

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BJP MP Rakesh Sinha on Thursday spoke about devious attempt by Pakistan stooges on social media to defame channel and incite violence in Jammu and Kashmir.

He said that forces against India were ' frightened by assertive Indian media' and said that act was an attack on fourth estate and called for condemnation by democratic groups.

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" way video was doctored by some ncies which are inimical to India, y are so frightened by assertive Indian media which is telecasting everything that is objective and impartial. y are afraid of impartial thing, y are afraid of assertion of Indian people, hence mischievous propaganda to defame a particular TV channel. I think this is an attack on fourth estate and this happened during World War I & II and since n re was a consensus that media would t be attacked in such a way. I appeal to democratic forces to condemn act of such forces which are inimical to India and damaging India's credibility," he said.

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Earlier, BJP MP Dr Subramanian Swamy spoke about recent expose by Republic of se handles when it tried to spread a sliced and diced video from channel with devious intent to drum-up violence. 

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"y are angry as people are watching Republic TV and body wants to watch Pakistan TV, refore y are doing this, and y are trying to see wher India will be upset. Republic has established its credentials as a channel which cares for rights of Indians and national integrity of India. Whatever has happened, Pakistan has been exposed," he said. 

Republic TV's Editor-In-Chief Arbab Goswami brought issue on Debate which had motion - Twitter Must Clarify.

" problem is that Twitter does t care to clarify. problem is that Twitter allows vemous Pakistani handles to spew ad-nauseam against national interest. And hence today we seek your support against Pak information warfare. hashtag is #TwitterMustClarify. Twitter is operating in India and if it is allowing India's national interest to be compromised n it must clarify," he said

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19:40 IST, August 8th 2019