Attempt to Muzzle the Voices of Dainik Bhaskar Group Publications

In an obvious vindictive action by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), offices of Dainik Bhaskar Group have been raided today in different parts of the country. Dainik Bhaskar Group publications have been among the very few, who exposed the failure of the governments at the Centre and several states, in handling the second wave of COVID 19.

A team of crack journalists of the Dainik Bhaskar Group exposed the Governments in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and the Centre, among others. Among the exposes by the publications of the Group have been the sudden spurt in the issuance of death certificates in parts of Gujarat, as compared to the previous year, which witnessed a surge in COVID 19 cases; the burial of numerous bodies of Hindus and the throwing of corpses in the Ganga and Dainik Bhaskar newspaper had reported that these were fatal cases of COVID 19. The shortage of oxygen in various states was also exposed by the publishing house.

When a large section of the mainstream media blacked out these incidents and toed the government line, the Dainik Bhaskar Group lived up to the highest principles of journalism, only to pay the price, with Income Tax raids.

The raids seem to be an attempt to muzzle the voice of the publications, but it is unlikely that the Group and its journalists would allow their voice to be muzzled.