According to reports, the Tamil Nadu BJP has decided not to participate in Tamil TV news debates as BJP spokespersons are not given enough time to express their opinions and the news anchors take sides against the BJP.
A key consultative meeting with Tamil Nadu BJP leaders was held yesterday at the BJP party office in Chennai. The meeting was attended by Tamil Nadu BJP President L. Murugan, senior leader Ila Ganesan, Organizational General Secretary Kesava Vinayagam, state Vice Presidents VP Duraisamy and MN Raja, MLAs Nainar Nagendran and Vanathi Srinivasan, state General Secretaries Karu Nagarajan and KT Raghavan, actress Khushbu, and other participants in the ‘TV’ debates.
According to BJP officials, the decision to boycott TV debates was made after numerous instances of BJP spokespersons not being given enough time to voice their opinions during TV debates, and also frequent interruptions by opposition parties when BJP spokespersons are speaking.
The source added that the news anchors in charge of regulating the debates are opinionated and biased, giving opposition parties extra air time and fail to question them as they speak.
(with inputs from Dinamalar)
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