Congress leader Alka Lamba has launched a tirade against Aaj Tak anchor Anjana Om Kashyap asking her to change her profession and quit journalism. In an all-out attack on Kashyap, Lamba also mocked the Aaj Tak anchor by adding ‘Modi’ to her surname.
Lamba was angry by Kashyap’s intervention during a live TV show this week when she asked the former AAP MLA of to not name the Hyderabad rape and murder victim citing a Supreme Court guideline. Lamba had accused Kashyap of running agenda-driven journalism by singling her out. Incensed by Kashyap’s behaviour, she had walked out of the show.
Lamba’s decision to quit the LIVE debate show on Aaj Tak had earned her plenty of plaudits from social media users and other political parties such as the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
चमचों की चमचई की पोल आने वाले समय में ऐसे ही खुलती रहेगी। ये मोहतरमा राजद की जीत पर मुँह बनाकर बोल रही थी कि बिहार से बुरी ख़बर आ रही है।
आजतक के सिलेक्टिव जर्नलिज़म और सिलेक्टिव जर्नलिस्ट का यही हश्र होगा। आजकल लोग आजतक की घृणा और नफ़रती पत्रकारिता पर मुँह पर थूक के जा रहे है। pic.twitter.com/9kvYPj9HGg
— Rashtriya Janata Dal (@RJDforIndia) December 3, 2019
@LambaAlka roared like a Lioness and teared into the agenda driven achor and biased media… @anjanaomkashyap
was shown real place… #AlkaLamba
is undoubtedly the best choice to be @INCIndia media face. Party needs such powerful voices. @RahulGandhihttps://t.co/YxIZ0KoisF— Pritam Kothadiya (@KothadiyaSpeaks) December 4, 2019
बहुत ही सटीक व करारा जवाब बड़ी बहन @LambaAlka जी द्वारा @aajtak पर। pic.twitter.com/rBkFTsD9tM
— Nattasha Sharrma (@Nattashasharrma) December 4, 2019
Hours later, Lamba shared a tweet posted by Kashyap, who herself had named the Hyderabad rape and murder victim. Taking a potshot at Kashyap, Lamba wrote, “Anjana Om Kashyap, you were telling me yesterday that you respected the Supreme Court guidelines and it was I who took the name of the rape victim. Have some shame. It would be better if you quit journalism and start some other business. Anjana Om Modi…Sorry Anjana Om Kashyap.”
@anjanaomkashyap आप कल @aajtak के लाइव शो में मुझे कह रहीं थीं कि “हम सुप्रीम कोर्ट की गाइड लाइन का सम्मान करते हैं”.. रेप पीड़िता का नाम मैंने लिया है…
कुछ तो शर्म करो… बेहतर होगा पत्रकारिता छोड़ कर कहीं कोई दूसरा रोज़गार खोज लो…
अंजना ओम मोदी… Sorry अंजना ओम कश्यप. https://t.co/bSqwB1ImP0— Alka Lamba – अलका लाम्बा?? (@LambaAlka) December 4, 2019
Kashyap replied saying that the day she posted the above tweet, everyone else was taking the rape victim’s name adding that she respected the guideline issued by the local administration to not name her and use ‘Disha’ to describe her new identity.
What Kashyap did not write was that the guidelines to not name the victim of sexual assault are not new. Section 228A of the Indian Penal Code bars anyone from disclosing the identities of sexual assault victims. Anyone found to be violating this law is liable to pay a hefty fine and face imprisonment of up to two years.
Last year, the Delhi High Court had imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh each against least 12 media houses after they named the Kathua gang-rape and murder victim.
