‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai downplays panchayat violence in West Bengal

Days after 50 individuals had been killed in political violence throughout the West Bengal panchayat election, India Today ‘journalist Rajdeep Sardesai tried to contextualise the violence and provides Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a clear chit.

On being requested by journalist Saurabh Dwivedi of Lallantop in regards to the incumbent TMC authorities’s failure to include the violence, Sardesai dodged the query altogether and narrated the historical past of political violence in West Bengal.

Unlike different occasions, Dwivedi pressed the veteran ‘journalist’ to reply his particular query in regards to the present scenario within the State. “Please speak on the failure of the Chief Minister, the State Election Commission, the improper deployment of central forces and the inability to hold free and fair elections,” he reiterated.

Is @SardesaiRajdeep a journalist or TMC Spokesperson?

Check how he defends Mamata Banerjee on Violence in Bengal throughout panchayat elections.

Tried guilty central forces, when failed says it was poltical compulsion of Mamata to anyhow change into Neta No. 1 pic.twitter.com/BqrJ0JEtY7

— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) July 15, 2023

Rajdeep Sardesai tried to evade the query by raking up ‘chronology’, and ‘political culture of Bengal.’ He then resorted to tokenism and claimed that he condemns violence in all types. “I am not trying to normalise violence,” he made a determined attraction.

The India Today ‘journalist’ prompt that whereas the State authorities is answerable for sustaining the regulation and order scenario, nothing a lot might be anticipated as a result of growth of a politically surcharged atmosphere.

Saurabh Dwivedi intervened and knowledgeable Sardesai that it’s the job of the journalists to carry State governments accountable once they fail to discharge their duties.

Rajdeep Sardesai then tried guilty the BJP by claiming that violence was at its peak within the constituency of Nisith Pramanik, BJP chief and the Minister of State for Home Affairs. He prompt that regardless of the deployment of Central forces, the scenario in Pramanik’s constituency couldn’t be managed.

At that time, Saurabh Dwivedi intervened once more and instructed Rajdeep Sardesai that the central forces weren’t notified about delicate areas. “The intent should be there since you (TMC) are running the government,” he emphasised.

A defensive Rajdeep Sardesai then claimed, “This is why I told you about chronology at the start. The Panchayat election was a fight for relevance and maintenance of political stature.”

While implying that violence was a political necessity, he stated, “Mamata Banerjee had to do something to show her opponents that she is leader No.1 in West Bengal.”

When Rajdeep Sardesai selected to eat ‘rasgulla’ over asking robust inquiries to Mamata Banerjee

In August 2021, the veteran ‘journalist’ conceded that he would have been denied ‘rasgulla’ (a standard Bengali candy) by Mamata Banerjee if he requested her about her post-poll pogrom in West Bengal.  

Rajdeep Sardesai was requested whether or not he questioned Banerjee over the saga of political violence in West Bengal. He chuckled and stated, “I was not there to take her interview. I went there casually on ‘chai pe charcha’. Had I asked her about the post-poll violence I would not have gotten to eat rasgullas”.

In 2021, Rajdeep did not ask query to Mamata Banerjee on Bengal Violence as a result of then Mamata would not hv given him a Rasgulla.

A Rasgulla is extra essential for @SardesaiRajdeep than human lives? pic.twitter.com/MUGdGIcHkm

— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) July 15, 2023

Rajdeep Sardesai’s submissive response got here when Dwivedi requested him whether or not he had questioned Mamata Banerjee on the current post-poll violence, through which her social gathering cadres unleashed mayhem on the BJP staff and supporters within the state.

When Saurabh Dwivedi once more inquired whether or not Sardesai questioned Mamata Banerjee in regards to the brutality of TMC staff, the veteran ‘journalist’ clarified that he was not there to take Mamata Banerjee’s interview however to want her for her victory. “Whenever I do her interview I will ask her this question”, he stated.