BJD MP Chandrani Murmu accuses TV channel reporters of harassing her

Against the backdrop of BJP vice-president Baijayant Jay Panda alleging an attack on freedom of expression after Odisha police questioned a reporter of OTV, a channel owned by his family, BJD MP Chandrani Murmu has justified the police action.

The journalist, Ramesh Rath, was questioned and his mobile phone seized in connection with a case related to the alleged circulation of a morphed video of Murmu when she was contesting the general election.

In a video message, the tribal MP from Keonjhar said, “I am an unmarried tribal lady and the youngest MP in India who has been mentally harassed and tortured by OTV reporters and others who viraled a morphed, obscene video of mine, with the malicious intent to defame, harass and mentally torture me.”