Special Reports Tamil Nadu

Anchor of Tamil News channel associated with evangelist Mohan C Lazarus peddles Hindu hatred, says ‘all Union Ministers are idiots’ on air

May 22, 2021
The Commune

Aravindakshan, an anchor at the Tamil news channel Sathiyam News, made derogatory statements against Union Ministers during a live debate.

Sathyam News is owned by Paul Devaraj Isaac Livingstone and has close ties with controversial Christian evangelist Mohan C Lazarus.

During the debate titled “Will komiyam (cow’s urine) cure corona?“, anchor Aravindakshan can be seen making provocative remarks towards BJP Tamil Nadu spokesperson Narayan Thirupathy.

The anchor starts off by asking one of the panelist who is supposedly a ‘doctor’ whether if common people would start drinking cow’s urine after listening to speeches of certain leaders to which the ‘doctor’ goes on to make unsubstantiated claims about how a person died by putting lemon juice in his nose after listening a BJP leader.

He then goes on to ask BJP spokesperson Narayanan Thirupathy if whether the government has given proper guidelines on what is to be done/not done for containing the disease. Narayanan Thirupathy objects to the title of the programme and lashes out at the anchor for painting a communal colour and provoke disharmony by keeping such vulgar topics. He also points out how in their channel they broadcast discourses of Mohan C Lazarus for propagating irrational stuff like ‘Jesus will cure corona’.

To the anchor saying about BJP MP Pragya Thakur claiming that she had drank cow’s urine, Narayanan Thirupathy responded that it was not the Government of India’s position and that it was an individual’s matter of faith. He also pointed out instances where Congress leader Digvijay Singh had claimed that he drinks cow’s urine.

Narayanan Thirupathy also came down heavy on leaders like VCK chief Thol. Thirumavalavan for peddling fears about vaccine by linking vaccination with Actor Vivekh’s death who had died of heart attack.

For this, a visibly disturbed anchor starts yelling at Narayanan Thirupathy justifying the VCK chief’s remarks.

The anchor further goes on to make false and baseless claims peddling anti-vaccine rhetoric saying that people are being made to sign a exemption/non-liability clause at vaccination centres. It is to be noted that no such signatures are received at government vaccination centres.

The anchor further yells at the Narayanan Thirupathy and goes on to make statements about ‘Gayathri Mantra’, a Hindu religious verse while accusing the BJP spokesperson of communalizing the debate.

Pointing out at the instance when former IAS officer and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had obliged to launch a papad that claimed to boost immunity against corona virus, the anchor goes on to say that the Government of India has ‘clowns’ as Ministers.

The anchor further goes on to say that the government has let the people to fend for themselves and claims that nothing has been done by the government to contain COVID.

As the spat goes on, BJP’s Narayanan Thirupathy condemns the anchor for giving such a ridiculous title to the debate to which the anchor arrogantly keeps repeating that “I will keep the title like this only” while going on to accuse Narayanan Thirupathy of spewing hatred.

The visibly agitated anchor further goes on to yell, accuse and intimidate the BJP spokesperson saying that the latter was talking lies ‘shamelessly’.

In the 2nd round of the debate the anchor provokes the BJP spokesperson saying that the latter was speaking with ulterior motives to which Narayanan Thirupathy responds back saying that he will call out the debate that has been titled ‘idiotically’. The anchor can be seen further provoking the BJP spokesperson by saying that if he can listen to ‘clowns’ (hinting at BJP Ministers) he can surely  listen to him. Narayanan Thirupathy retorts saying that it was him who was acting like a ‘clown’ by keeping such stupid titles.

The anchor further goes on to take jibes condescendingly on the BJP spokesperson and says ‘Yes. Let your pressure shoot up. Get more tensioned. Keep talking.” to which Narayanan Thirupathy says that he is tired of talking to an idiot.

“Yes sir. What to do! What can be done if all Union Ministers are idiots!”, anchor Aravindakshan says.

When Narayanan Thirupathy says that titles should be chosen carefully for debates, the anchor yells back saying that he will keep titles like this and he is not ‘obliged’ to take directions from him.

“You take your job of giving instructions to somewhere else. Not here”, the anchor condescendingly says.

The anchor further goes on to ask unrelated questions like why did the government allot money for studying ‘Gayathri Mantra’ to which Narayanan Thirupathy gives it back saying why are subsidies being given for Hajj and Jerusalem trips. Narayanan Thirupathy lashes out at the anchor for communalising and for deliberately hurting religious sentiments of Hindus.

Clipping of this debate has gone viral on social media where many have condemned the condescending attitude and for his communal debate.

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