Chennai: “The number of DMK-affiliated media is more in Tamil Nadu today. The reason is that the DMK party has control over the media,” BJP state president Annamalai said.
In this regard, he said in a video released in this regard: “The bad times of Tamil Nadu are that those who can afford it, especially those in politics, have a TV channel, and those who can, have a YouTube channel. Everyone has a political position. Parties have their own TV channel, a news paper.
Such people have been going on for many years in Tamil Nadu with the intention of targeting a party and those who may be in it. Especially the number of DMK-affiliated media is more in Tamil Nadu today. This is because the DMK party controls the media.
Publish evidence @BJP4TamilNadu ready
Publish as news @PTTVOnlineNews ready pic.twitter.com/KOvr2NaOsV
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) January 4, 2023
Apart from that, DIPR will decide the budget for government advertisement. Funding for advertising is allocated by looking at which media outlets publish news independently and which media outlets do not publish news independently.
There is also a newspaper in Tamil Nadu that buys 8 crore rupees. There is also a newspaper that buys only 40 lakh rupees. There is a TV channel and a news paper which bought up to 18 crore rupees. It has nothing to do with what they are giving it for. DMK uses advertising budgets for news agencies as a tool to control journalism.
How has the DMK government given concessions to PGR Energy? Evidence is ready as to the loss incurred by the Tamil Nadu government due to this. They said that a channel is ready to publish news about this. BJP Spokesperson Narayanan Tirupathi is ready to talk about this for an hour. They agreed to an interview in this regard tomorrow from 7 to 8 o’clock.
But that media friend who came today said that I should come and speak. It is absurd that DIPR will stop the budget for themselves and say that we will buy resources only when I come and we will talk only when I come. You said that you will publish the evidence and telecast the program, the evidence is ready and the party’s senior spokesperson, state vice-president Narayanan Tirupathi is ready. are you ready That is my only question,” he said in the video.
Earlier, state president Annamalai met the media today (Jan. 4) at Kamalalayam, the Tamil Nadu BJP state headquarters in Chennai. At that time, journalists raised questions regarding Gayatri Raghuram’s accusation that “women are not protected under the leadership of Annamalai”, who quit the BJP.
Responding to this, Annamalai said, “I will congratulate anyone who leaves the party. It is not necessary for those who leave to leave praising me. Everyone criticizes me. The answer to that is my silence.
There was an audio related to the DMK minister. You haven’t even published it for 48 hours. A justice for them is a justice for us? Do you have the guts to question DMK? I am providing that audio. Will you publish? Apart from that, don’t tell me the story.” Following this, there was an argument between Annamalai and the reporters.