more-inIn a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav on Wednesday said people nowadays believe in “lies”. Mr. Yadav claimed the intelligentsia has lost connect with the people, who have become suspicious of the institutions “entrusted to produce truth”. Mr. Yadav was speaking during a panel discussion on “Truth and Politics in Our Times” at the Chameli Devi Jain Award ceremony at the India International Centre. An independent journalist, Ms. Dixit received the award for “Outstanding Woman Journalist 2016-17”. Verghese Memorial Lecture by Centre for Policy Research president Pratap Bhanu Mehta on “Truth and Politics in Our Times”.

Source: The Hindu March 01, 2017 19:52 UTC