Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s reaction came a day after the Income Tax department carried out survey operations at BBC’s offices in India.
A day after the Income Tax department carried out survey operations at BBC’s offices in India, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (February 15, 2023) launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that media is the “fourth pillar of democracy”.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo said that suppressing the media’s voice is akin to suppressing the voice of the public.
Media is the fourth pillar of democracy and an attack on its freedom is similar to suppressing the voice of the public. Whosoever speaks against the BJP, these people send CBI, ED, and I-T after them,” Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi.
“Does the BJP want to crush the country’s democratic system and institutions and turn the entire country into its slave?” he added.
Meanwhile, the survey operations at the BBC India offices continued for the second day on Wednesday with the sleuths said to be making copies of electronic and paper-based financial data of the organisation.
