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News-item in DB Star (Bhaskar) and my response..

by · January 18, 2014

The Indore edition of Bhaskar DB Star published a news-item on Pg2 this morning (18th Jan) which mentioned allegations of fraud in the matter of signatures that accompanied the AAP candidate nomination forms for Indore Lok Sabha. Below is my response to the allegations, along with a snapshot of the relevant extract:

Dear Madam/Sir: I would like to put on record my strong denial of a report published in today’s DB Star Bhaskar (Pg2), Indore edition regarding the nomination process of AAP Lok Sabha candidates.

I am surprised that the reporter(s) made no attempt to contact me for my response in spite of the allegations against me.

I would be grateful if you could kindly publish my response below and set the record straight.
I look forward to hearing from you,

** My response to the report **

मैं शांतनु भागवत, भास्कर DB Star में १८ जनवरी को प्रकाशित मेरे नाम से जुड़े, आम आदमी पार्टी कि चुनावी प्रक्रिया संबंधित आरोपों का खंडन करता हूँ |यह आरोप बेबुनियाद हैं व रिपोर्ट में तथ्यात्मक त्रुटियाँ हैं |

मैं पार्टी में किसी पद पर नहीं हूँ, केवल एक साधारण सदस्य के रूप में कार्य कर रहा हूँ |
मैंने आवेदन की प्रक्रिया व नियमों का पालन कर फॉर्म भरा है | अतिरिक्त समय लेने की बात का भी मैं खंडन करता हूँ |

भारतीय विदेश सेवा (IFS) में रहते व तदोपरांत १४ वर्षों के कार्यकाल में कभी भी मुझ पर इस प्रकार के तुच्छ आरोप नहीं लगे हैं |

इस प्रकार के आक्षेप खेदजनक हैं व वैकल्पिक राजनैतिक प्रयासों की छवि को धूमिल करते हैं | सभी साथियों से मेरा निवेदन हैं की इस प्रक्रिया व पार्टी संबंधित विषयों पर चर्चा मीडिया के जरिये न कर, पार्टी मंच अथवा कार्यकारिणी में करें |

जय हिंद, जय भारत!

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 Posting this here for the record. Thanks for your support & encouragement, as always…

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B Shantanu

Political Activist, Blogger, Advisor to start-ups, Seed investor. One time VC and ex-Diplomat. Failed mushroom farmer; ex Radio Jockey. Currently involved in Reclaiming India - One Step at a Time.

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5 Responses

  1. rajeev reddy says:
    January 19, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Quite surprised to know that you have joined AAP?

  2. Dr. Ambekar says:
    January 19, 2014 at 2:46 pm

    Dear Shantanu
    I agree with the view that Indian Media be it English or vernacular both are biased and do not care for the facts more so in westernised English Media. I condemn such biased practises by Media. I believe that there must be some financiers to promote such practices. Indian Media is openly a “Dollar Media ” as told by one of my friends who was an Editor of large Marathi News paper in Pune for 15 years.
    I do sympathise with your view. At the same time I have seen and heard malpractices by common miscreants in society, who do any thing and every thing if paid for such acts.

    It is a challenge to change the attitudes on both sides. Indian society has lost it’s morals to the core.

    Dr. Ambekar.

  3. Pranav says:
    January 19, 2014 at 10:53 pm

    This should be strongly condemned and protested. We all know that politics that is prevalent in India is dirty and corrupt. Newspaper are hands with such practices. Time has come when we should be loud and fearless to pull the lies down.

    Jai Hind.

  4. prakash says:
    January 20, 2014 at 3:27 am

    The allegation doesn’t surprise me. You don’t have to do anything wrong for them to point a finger at you. I am just wondering whether you could have ignored it. Did you really have to respond to it? I guess they will play on your thin skin if you betray too much sensitivity.

    Secondly, I am far more saddened by the first comment singling out Indian media. I have a feeling Indian media are no better or no worse than the others I have followed and I do follow channels from at least 6 countries! (At the very least, the Indian media are managing their own finances unlike BBC, for one example.)

  5. Youngisthan says:
    January 20, 2014 at 6:43 am

    There might be two reasons. One would be that the reporter didn’t understand the news and created as understood vaguely. The second reason would be reporter created fake stories to sensationalizing the news and getting cheap publicity. Let me tell you both of the ways are wrong. News is a reprehensibility, not a matter of cheap publicity.