Media continues to censor dissenting veterans named in the letter to President

The Congress-Media nexus is yet to mend its ways after being continually exposed by users on Social media for their false and manipulated reporting. Congress had earlier posted on twitter claiming that 156 Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces including 8 former Chiefs of Staff have written to the President of India urging him to act against PM Modi for trying to use soldiers for votes. Congress had tweeted:

“Modi may try to use soldiers for votes, but it’s clear that soldiers stand with India and not the BJP. 156 Veterans of the Indian Armed Forces including 8 former Chiefs of Staff write to the President of India urging him to act against Modi for trying to use soldiers for votes.”

However, different decorated veterans named in the list flat out denied being a signatory.

Different media outlets had reported this ‘development’ however failing to include the views of the dissenters who are included in the list. The Print which had shared an article on this matter had carefully excluded the comments by various decorated veterans who had clearly denied being signatory of such letter and even after several hours of several other  veterans s denying being a signatory no amends were made to the articles.

The Telegraph was also involved in this blatant unethical attempt to mislead. They too carefully excluded details of the veterans who have clearly denied being signatory of such letter and posed the story as sacred.

Times of India had also tweeted Images of the letter with names of veterans who have categorically denied being a signatory.

The inclusion of veterans without their consent for a politically motivated move speaks lengths of the desperation of the Congress and left media ecosystem, which has been called out again and again for their selective bias and outright lies.

Former Army Vice Chief Lt General ML Naidu had claimed that he had no knowledge of such letter written or signed by him.

General SF Rodrigues had also denied signing such letter.

ex-Air Chief NC Suri said “I am not a signatory to any letter”

Even Rashtrapati Bhavan sources had denied receiving any such letter written by the veterans;

Traditional media in India has historically been dominated by a group of select elites, result of a perpetual quid pro quo within the industry and the successive Congress government, which prevented people with unbiased and independent view to contribute to major part of the news. However, with the advent of social media, the monopoly held by these elite packs was soon dissipated to millions of Indians voicing their opinions through several platforms.

This comes at a time when the Congress has been on the hotspot continuously for multiple revelations, from people who have claimed the Congress had used their name for political purposes to gain support. However with the Congress-media nexus losing relevance, peddling such narratives will not be easy, as it has been for decades.