“Media speaks what the powerful people want to hear,” says Rahul Gandhi

CHANDIGARH: On Monday the Congress president Rahul Gandhi had claimed that his party was set to topple the government which was being led by the BJP at the Centre in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

While speaking during the relaunch of the newspaper ‘Navjivan’ Rahul had said that, “Press can be called a tiger, it can show the mirror to even the mightiest. But if the government begins to have leverage on newspaper houses, then the same tiger becomes paper tiger. It loses its voices. Elections have been held recently and you will see that people of the country will send out the message about what the real issues are, even if these are not highlighted in the media…Anger is growing among people. BJP and RSS are definitely trying to use it but at the core of the anger is the fact that the BJP government has not been able to generate employment for youth. And this is the central challenge before Modi. I highlight in my speeches.”

“Congress is fighting for protecting institutions in the country. We will defeat the BJP in the elections, show them their place. But we have to go beyond that tackle the problems of farmers and unemployment. The BJP government considers farmers a liability. There is no place for them in their vision. They think ‘Made in India’ is enough,” said Rahul.

Rahul said that unemployment of the youth and the farmers’ plight are the two issues which are not being brought to light in not just the national media but also at the state level. “Media says what powerful people want to hear,” he said, claiming that the front pages were full of trivial issues.

The Congress president said that the relaunched publication is capable of the freedom to criticize his party too. “We are not the BJP or RSS. If we err, we are open to learning from criticism. Today media is being threatened in the country,” he said.