It was not only Times Now’s Navika Kumar, who had to face the music from angry netizens for her insensitive tweet against poor victims of Jahangirpuri. Aaj Tak’s Anjana Om Kashyap too is now being called a ‘sadist’ as the video of her riding a bulldozer in Jahangirpuri went viral. The controversial TV anchor is also facing public ridicule after she was seen discontinuing her interview upon learning that the BJP administration’s demolition drive in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri had also included Hindus.
In a viral video shared by netizens, Kashyap was seen asking the driver of a bulldozer if she could also ride the JCB machine during the demolition of properties owned by poor in the area.
A ‘journalist’ @anjanaomkashyap hops on a bulldozer. SICK! pic.twitter.com/EwS7H4Vwhf
— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) April 20, 2022
In another video, Kashyap was seen declaring, “What is illegal will be demolished. This is clear from the lanes of Jahangirpuri. Whether it’s a mosque or a juice corner. What’s illegal will be demolished.”
Her lines and tone suggested as if she was a part of the BJP-run administration and not a journalist, present on the ground to report the event objectively.
The same video showed Kashyap interacting with a group of people, who were kept behind a barricade. One of them introduced him as Sonu, a Hindu. He said, “Madam, I am a Hindu. We Hindus and Muslims live in harmony here. Our livelihood is destroyed now.”
Kashyap decided to discontinue her interview by saying, “yahan se chalna padega. police hamein hatne keliye kah rahi hai. (We have to move from here. Police are asking us to move).”
Sadistic pleasure Anjana Om Kashyap drives from mosques and juice corner being demolished.
When people said,’Madam hum Hindu hai.” She was like,”Jahan se hatna padega.” pic.twitter.com/BoWBW3AxUx— Sandeep Singh (@PunYaab) April 20, 2022
As expected, Kashyap began to face grief from Twitter users, who took potshots at her style of journalism.
What is Anjana Om Kashyap gloating about? Sick!
If your high of the day is riding an excavator that is demolishing homes and livelihoods of the poor, you must be a rotten soul.
— Abhishek Baxi (@baxiabhishek) April 20, 2022
Never saw a more shameless person than Anjana Om Kashyap.
— Nitish Bhardwaj (@nitish_nicks) April 20, 2022
Why the heck does #AnjanaOmKashyap go live ?
Hasn't she not experienced getting so badly snubbed before ? pic.twitter.com/XIyAK2loBF— Jude David (@judedavid21) April 20, 2022
Sadistic pleasure Anjana Om Kashyap drives from mosques and juice corner being demolished.
When people said,’Madam hum Hindu hai.” She was like,”Jahan se hatna padega.” pic.twitter.com/BoWBW3AxUx— Sandeep Singh (@PunYaab) April 20, 2022
This came on a day when Time Now’s Navika Kumar faced widespread anger from netizens for sharing laughter emojis, seemingly in celebration of the financial ruin caused to poor residents of Jahangirpuri.
Last year, Kashyap had to face public embarrassment after she was snubbed by an Indian diplomat in the US during a LIVE broadcast.