‘Modi, Muslim and Media’ released in Udupi and Mangalore

‘Modi, Muslim and Media’ released in Udupi and Mangalore

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi/Mangalore, April 7, 2014: Veteran journalist and Manipal School of Communication honorary Director MV Kamath criticized the media, specially English Media for not being supportive to BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. He was Speaking after releasing a volume of articles ‘Modi, Muslim and Media’ authored by Madhu Poornima Keshwar in Udupi on Sunday. Praising Modi, Kamath said that modi is an able leader who can lead India forward. 

“Media, which had portrayed Modi in a bad light, did not even show minimum courtesy to express regrets after the court gave him a clean chit in Godhra riot case,” he said.

Speaking at the release of her book in Mangalore Madhu Purnima Kishwar on Sunday alleged that there is a systematic campaign to demonise Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi because “he put an end to politics of riot”.

She said she had little or “zero connection” with BJP or Mr. Modi. After listening to the negative propaganda against Mr. Modi and contradictory stories of the “great progress” that Gujarat witnessed under him, she decided to investigate. Her opinion is that instead of “celebrating such a man”, every attempt is being made to demonise him.

She said that while other parts of the country witnessed communal riots in recent years, not even a single incident was reported in Gujarat in the past 12 years. Mr. Modi had not delivered even one hate speech, but had spoken about inclusive growth. Even the Muslim community had supported him in the past decade. “Unable to stomach the growth of Mr. Modi, Congress maligned him,” she added. She said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi following the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the 1992 Mumbai riots were engineered by political parties. But, the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat were not a pogrom as being alleged by a section of society and media, she argued.