Guwahati: Reacting sharply to the mentality of The New York Times expecting an ‘anti-Hindu and anti-Modi’ correspondent in New Delhi, a
forum of nationalists commented that the so-called internationally acclaimed newspaper has only unmasked itself. Patriotic People’s Front
of Assam (PPFA), in a statement also added that many Asian journalists often fall prey to such tactics frame by western media organizations
for their selfish interest. The debate started with an advertisement looking for a NYT correspondent to cover Bharat as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives, where its job description referred Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an advocator of a self-sufficient,
muscular nationalism centered on the country’s Hindu majority. “India will soon surpass China in population, if it hasn’t already,
and has ambitions of winning a greater voice on the world stage,” said the American daily newspaper terming its international border clashes
with the aggressive Chinese forces as a drama playing out by the Modi led Union government. Always describing the democratically elected
Bhartiya Janata Party led regime in New Delhi as the Hindu nationalist government, NYT is known for spreading hatred towards Bharat time to
time.
“Can we assume that the media organization gets frustrated with the political-will, shown by the saffron government at the Centre in
moving to rival China’s economic and political heft in Asia,” questioned the PPFA statement adding that NYT has simply exposed
itself as a motivated, biased and distressed newspaper to the world. The patriotic forum also urges the people and more precisely the media
fraternity to remain vigilant against such global campaigns by detrimental media groups on and off.
PPFA criticizes NYT for anti-Hindu mentality
