Reporters Without Orders Ep 159: Chandni Chowk’s demolished temple and Sajid Khan’s case

In this episode, host Ayush Tiwari is joined by Newslaundry’s Supriti David and Basant Kumar.

The conversation begins with the reporters sharing bizarre news stories of the week, from a customer asking for refund on receiving only 12 masks when she had ordered a dozen, to fact-checking India Today’s fact-check of Gajendra Chauhan’s tweet.

Supriti then talks about her report on a temple in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, which had been demolished in January only to be rebuilt not long after. Supriti explains how the temple has become the focus of a political saga involving AAP and the BJP. "This temple seemed rather exceptional than others that were there," says Ayush. 

How is the Modi government’s promise of doubling farmer incomes by 2022 going? "Narendra Singh Tomar has been asked for data on farmer incomes several times in the Lok Sabha, but he has never given an accurate answer," Basant says, referring to the union agriculture minister, while discussing his story about how the National Statistics Office hasn’t released its report on farmer incomes since 2013.

Ayush and Basant also discuss the story of Sajid Khan, a rickshaw puller who was shot during the communal carnage in northeast Delhi last year only to be arrested by the police in his own FIR. 

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have. 

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