National Press Day: Rahul attacks ruling BJP over reports on attack on scribes

New Delhi, Nov 16 (Agency) On the occasion of National Press Day, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked the ruling BJP-led dispensation over reports of alleged attacks on journalists. “When there’s punishment for speaking the truth, it’s clear that falsehood is in power,” said the Congress leader in a tweet without naming anyone, along with hashtag ‘National Press Day’.

The former Congress president also attached a photo collage in which he has highlighted the media reports on attack against the scribes and vandalism in a daily’s office in Tripura in September this year. He also highlighted a media report of December 2019, which had claimed 40 journalists killed in India in the last five years. On November 14, Gandhi had accused the ruling BJP of killing journalism while reacting to the arrest of two journalists by Tripura police.