Sudarshan TV case: Wives of two Congress leaders move SC to intervene

Author Kota Neelima, wife of Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera, and Sangeeta Tyagi, wife of party former spokesperson, late Rajiv Tyagi, on Thursday moved the Supreme Court seeking permission to intervene in the Sudarshan TV case, alleging that some news anchors indulge in “hate speeches”.

In their application, filed through advocate Sunil Fernandes, they said they can assist the court regarding the larger issue of “hate speech” by some news anchors.

The plea said the Sudarshan TV show “is emblematic of a larger, insidious malady”, which is the “propensity of TV anchors to shamelessly indulge in ‘hate speeches’.” They contended that “for an impartial, dispassionate independent viewers, the TV debates/TV anchors are nothing but brazen Central Government propaganda machines, who lack objectivity, fairness and neutrality in their TV reporting”.