NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party on Friday slammed the editorial policies of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned The Washington Post, even as his e-commerce giant Amazon announced plans to create a million jobs in the country by 2025. Vijay Chauthaiwale, the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) foreign affairs department, said there was “a lot of problems” with the newspaper’s coverage of India, but did not give any specific examples. The swipe at the Post came a day after a cabinet minister gave short shrift to Amazon’s investment plans for India. “I am not opposing Amazon as a company, in fact, I am a regular customer […] Jeff Bezos should go home tell Washington Post what is his impression about India,” Chauthaiwale told Reuters. “The Washington Post editorial policy is highly biased and agenda-driven.”Washington Post’s India bureau chief, Joanna Slater, referred a Reuters request for comment to the newspaper’s spokespersons in Washington, who did not immediately respond outside regular business hours.

Source: Pakistan Today January 17, 2020 08:26 UTC