more-inThe country is witnessing a dangerous manifestation of the politics of targeting anyone who questions the Modi government, senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan has said. “Globally, the right wing is obsessed with labelling and targeting a particular group. Mr. Varadarajan said the Indian media, unlike in the US, was shying away from playing an adversarial role and targeting the opposition, rather than the government. Economic interestsThis, he said, was because Indian media companies had a range of economic interests, which the government could target. “Whatever be its cultural manifestation, the core agenda of the right wing is to push the economic interests of those powerful sectors who have financed their rise.

Source: The Hindu August 13, 2017 02:01 UTC