Bollywood filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has tweeted via his official Twitter handle asking if he can block Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV by paying to TV cable and satellite operators. The last directed movie by Sinha was ‘Mulk’ which got critically acclaimed from experts and Bollywood fans. (Check: Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2 18th February 2019.)
Anubhav asked AirTel India that he is ready to a monthly subscription fee to block Republic TV on his set top box. He wants to ensure that Arnab Goswami’s channel isn’t available to him. He tweeted the following: “Dear @airtelindia I know it comes for free but can I please pay you monthly for blocking @republic on my set top box??? Please???”
The tweet of Anubhav Sinha has now gone viral and has attracted a lot of considerable reactions. In the comments, we could numerous other users asking to do the same. One of them even said that he will follow Sinha, but also include Zee News, India TV, and Times Now in the list.
Another user Khushboo Tripathi tweeted that, “Terrific decision. I too want to block the channel.” User SD said that she had already managed to block Republic TV. She wrote, “Thank god, i finally kicked them outta my tv. Phew! What a relief…and big thank you to TRAI policy…I can decide what I don’t want.”
Channels like Republic, Times Now, Zee News, India TV and certain anchors on Aaj Tak, ABP and News18 India have been condemned by public for whipping public sentiments by calling for a war against Pakistan. They have become the targets of public criticism as they haven’t criticized or questioned the Narendra Modi government.
After the Pulwama terror attack in which 42 Indian soldiers lost their lives, these channels spent their most of the time criticizing the opposition parties or Hurriyat leaders in Jammu and Kashmir. The reality is that it was the failure of intellegence. But, none of them have till date has questioned the failure of the central government.
