Zee News has issued a public apology after one of its programmes, DNA, maliciously linked Rahul Gandhi’s statement to the Udaipur beheading.
During his visit to his constituency in Wayanad in Kerala, the Congress leader was asked about the act of vandalism by SFI workers targeting his office. Replying to a question, Gandhi had said, “First of all. This is my office but, before being it my office, this is the office of the people of Wayanad. However, the violence never resolves any problem. They are also children. Fine, it’s not a good thing to do, but they’ve acted in an irresponsible manner. I don’t have any hostility towards them.
“They are kids. I don’t think they understand the consequences.”
Zee News in its prime time programme, DNA, had said Gandhi had called the killers of Udaipur’s tailor ‘they are kids.’
The Zee News anchor had said, “And in the end, we would like to you show you that statement of Rahul Gandhi again whereby he’s calling the accused of the Udaipur murder as ‘kids.’
1. @RahulGandhi जी की केरल में अपने दफ़्तर पर SFI कार्यकर्ताओं द्वारा हमला करने वालों को माफ़ करने की बात को Zee news उदयपुर हत्याकांड के दोषियों को माफ़ी के रुप में दिखाता है
2. इस फ़ेक न्यूज़ को भाजपा नेता सोशल मीडिया पर फैला रहे हैं
3. क़ानूनी कार्यवाही होगी,सच देखिए पहले pic.twitter.com/PPlpvJAnCY
— TeriMonk (@teri_monk) July 2, 2022
BJP leaders including former Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore had taken the video from Zee News broadcast to launch an attack on Gandhi. Rathore hails from Rajasthan where the beheading of Kanhaiya Lal took place.
उदयपुर हो या वायनाड़, जेएनयू में ‘अफजल हम शर्मिंदा हैं’ और ‘भारत तेरे टुकड़े होंगे’ गैंग के साथ खड़ी रहने वाली कांग्रेस का चरित्र वही रहता है।
जेहादी आतंक की विषबेल का बीज किसने बोया, किसने सींचा, खुद सोचिए। pic.twitter.com/cBFErZZPyb
— RajyavardhanRathore (@Ra_THORe) July 2, 2022
Faced with outrage, Zee News has now issued a public apology saying that it was sorry for linking Gandhi’s remarks for SFI workers in Kerala to those responsible for the murder of Kanhaiya Lal.
कल हमारे शो DNA में राहुल गांधी का बयान उदयपुर की घटना से जोड़ कर ग़लत संदर्भ में चल गया था, ये एक मानवीय भूल थी जिसके लिए हमारी टीम क्षमाप्रार्थी हैं, हम इसके लिए खेद जताते हैं pic.twitter.com/YGs7kfbKKi
— Rohit Ranjan (@irohitr) July 2, 2022
Rahul Gandhi has not commented about the controversy.
