Congress launches its social media channel 'INC TV'

On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, the Indian National Congress party today launched its own social media channel, 'INC TV', with the aim to convey its messages directly to the people and to tackle the biased media in the country.

New Delhi: On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, the Indian National Congress party today launched its own social media channel, 'INC TV', with the aim to convey its messages directly to the people and to tackle the biased media in the country. The channel was launched by senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge, and the party's chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala, All India Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev and NSUI President Neeraj Kundan.

The channel will formally begin operations on April 24, which has been celebrated as National Panchayati Raj Day, in memory of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Currently, the channel will be broadcasted in Hindi and English, and it will be live for 8 hours a day. It is likely to be headed by a senior TV journalist Bhupendra Narayan Singh. However, an official announcement for the entire team of this channel is yet to be made.

While speaking over the need of launching this channel, Randeep Singh Surjewala said, "Today, subjugation and suppression of dissent and opinion is near total in this country. INC TV is a digital media platform for the dissemination of views and opinions, both of which may be acceptable to us or some which may not be."

He further added, "The whole idea is that various shades of opinions must be placed on the table and deliberately discussed and debated in order to arrive at one conclusion. One size suits all doesn't suit this country. This platform is not for celebrating or eulogizing one individual but the thought of Congress party."

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been repeatedly alleging that the national media doesn't give enough coverage to the views and opinions of opposition parties. Other leaders of the opposition parties have also accused the media of being "partisan".

Meanwhile, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mallikarjun Kharge slammed the Union Government alleging that every 11 minutes, there is an attack on a Dalit in India. He also said that even Ambedkar had believed that journalism has become a trade in our country, which has proven right by the BJP Government. "This truth of our country has been long concealed. Our nation has the right to hear the truth. Through this channel, we aim to bring it out," he added.