Claiming he wasn’t being allowed to report the “truth”, a journalist introduced his resignation from ABP News from the stage throughout an RLD mahapanchayat in Meerut on Saturday.
“I don’t want this job. I wanted to work because I wanted to speak the truth. And I wasn’t allowed to do it,” stated Rakshit Singh, who lined banking and finance for the channel.
The RLD has been holding rallies throughout Uttar Pradesh in protest towards the three new farm legal guidelines. RLD nationwide vice-president Jayant Chaudhary addressed the Meerut rally.
Singh informed The Sunday Express he had gone to cowl the rally for the Hindi information channel when he determined to publicly resign. “For the last three months a lot has been happening. As a journalist, if stories even slightly critical of the government are not carried, one is bound to feel something,” he stated.
Shortly after the general public resignation, he tweeted three movies. “It has come to a point where journalists of many media organisations have to take off their IDs to report. I couldnt tolerate it, so I quit,” he stated.
An ABP Network spokesperson stated: “We at ABP Network believe in the highest degree of ethical journalism and have strict policies in place whereby our reporters have the mandate to ensure and maintain due impartiality, independence, fairness and strict adherence and compliance to the law of land, journalism ethics and editorial principles. Also, fact-based reporting has always been central to our editorial policy. We are shocked and saddened to see that one of our reporters has misused our brand and has made false remarks and statements to fulfill personal motives.”
