As expected the much awaited Republic news channel is on air at last. It’s opening day telecast hit the air sharp at 10 am today i.e 6th May 2017, after almost 6 months of nail biting suspense thrust on millions of fans.
Those readers who missed the maiden telecast today at 10 am, here is a brief on the sensational story that he broke modestly. Yes, it was the usual suspects and the usual state, that is ‘Bihar’. The usual suspects are the customary politico-criminal nexus. We may write off such stories as usual stuff and maybe a moment wondering, why the astute Arnab chose a run-off- mill mythical story, instead of a high passionate tearjerker one? It’s because this time he caught Lalu Prasad Yadav in style with pride and with unflinching evidence.
Never before in the Indian investigating journalism, one would have heard a taped conversation where the don directly asks his political Godfather, to clear the venue free from the police force to start a communal violence.
Have you heard anything like this before/ I am sure not.
Arnab created a sensation by trapping Lalu with Shahabuddin the criminal, in a terribly embarrassing way with no escape chances, and by deploying his army of reporters right near Lalu’s residence equipped with all necessary ammunition.
The other side is the notorious don, Shahabuddin who is serving a jail term for his criminal acts. Then what happened? Shahabuddin had several high-end smartphones in his jail cell. He was constantly taking selfies and sharing via the Internet to the delight of his own gang, and even his political mentors. But then it is not unusual but well-accepted happenings since decades? wait then, read further.
April 15, 2016. Siwan, Bihar. The auspicious day of Sri Ram Navami celebration all over. Riots broke out as usual. The usual intolerant lot started it all. What else could it be, other than stone pelting, setting ablaze the festival venues, stabbings etc. The situation was brought under control very quickly by the young IPS officers of the area.
Then Lalu’s assistant Mr Upendra received a call. It’s straight from Don Shahabuddin from his jail cell. As per the telecast of RepublicTV, the shocking conversation went on the following way
” Yes Sir Pranam’ > Upendra
“How is it going on Upendra”? > Don
” everything is all right bhaiya’> Upendra
‘where is he?”? Don
“He is around’ Upendra
“If he is free, get me to talk to him’ Don
“yes, handing it over’ Upendra
“Hello’ >Lalu
“pranaam” Don
‘Yes tell me’ Lalu
“Do you know what’s happening in Siwan”? > Don
“This situation is worse in Siwan;
the other day I told you about the ‘Chaatawala’ >Don
“it’s due to this mistake’ Don
‘To day is Navami, was Police deployment done’? Don
‘was not it done”? Lalu
“No nothing was done; Khatam hai bhai aapka SP” Don
“remove all of them , they will start a riot’ Don
“did something happened to day”? Lalu
“Yes there was police firing” Don
This expose was looming large and became an impending one since a couple of days before it is aired today ie on 6th May 2017. Lalu Prasad Yadav has sensed the impending explosion that would take place on 6th May 2017, morning 10 am he made several desperate phone calls directly to Arnab, pleading or warning to drop the idea.
Arnab is not the kind of a Journo to duck. When the whole nation was waiting, biting nails even watching Baahubali and IPLs half-heartedly, one can not imagine Arnab submitting to criminal politician Lalu Prasad Yadav. If that was the real resolution of Arnab, then people of this country would not have waited patiently over 6 months, yes please think from this angle, 6 months worth waiting means, it brings fore Arnab’s integrity.
Back in the Studio, the inevitable happened. It was exploded smoothly.
This is first of it’s kind of a sting where a mafia don directs a top political party chief to ‘remove all of them, they will start a riot’?
To faithfully complying with the dons order, the elected representative, the chief of a powerful political Party RJD, in turn, calls the Superintendent of Police of the area directly, bypassing the state Police Chief.
RJD leader the secular icon of the media, friend of many celebrated Political leaders including AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, devoted friend of Barkha Dutt, and future PM of India today stands exposed like a mafia don himself, caught red-handed, heard over phone, directly talking to the SP, to mind his own safety, and to enable the paused riots to happen.
The Lalu Shahabuddin team, then making the atmosphere more conducive to create a communal riot on the eve of Sri Ram Navami day, by ensuring all the police forces are removed from the sensitive areas to make it more ‘riot friendly’, and to push the vulnerable devotees in the hands of the ‘butchers’, just for political gains?
when As if not enough our usual Twitter warrior of Congress Party Tehseen Poonawalla has come out with his tweet strongly dubbing the expose as fake!
Pls dont fall for this guys agenda n follow up on this nonsensical story of @republic . Its a fake story cc @MisaBharti @yadavtejashwi
— Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 (@tehseenp) May 6, 2017
This is quite normal for guys who are agenda driven, committed to protecting a section of caste, a group of religious persons (to avoid confusion I say non-Hindus) and relentlessly fight on Social Media. Any doubts in any corner of your minds, that these dozy dump servants of secular media can able to view impartially any incident of crime or corruption even for a while, keeping aside their own faith, the culprit’s faith, the victim’s faith, caste and creed aside and think of the nation?
Why then was I so perturbed about these Poonawalla’s, Barkha’s, Shekhar’s sermons so seriously? There is a reason. Because our own mainstream media gives much coverage to them.
Republic channel aired its first maiden story at 10 am today. By 10:15 around they started unveiling the neta criminal nexus. it went on hours. To grasp the conversation between Lalu Prasad and Shahabuddin, it took time. But then you see our friend Tehseen Poonawala tweeted with a loud noise dubbing the entire tape conversation as fake. Believe me, he tweeted saying this within half an hour of the telecast.
So Poonawalla realised that the tapes are fake within half an hour of its telecast, and also he predicted it that Arnab was going to come with a Bihar story, exactly the way he guessed that would be on Lalu Shahabuddin nexus. How does he access the desperate private telephone calls made by the Lalu to Arnab, yesterday pleading Arnab not to telecast it?
How is it ‘Chor machaye shore”?
The other aspect where I was disappointed much
I expected a grand ceremonial and traditional inauguration of the Channel, where I was eagerly awaiting the studio being opened by lighting a lamp in traditional Indian way.