Chairperson, Press Council of India: Inquire into serious violation of media ethics by Times of India, Dear Sir, As per Times of India report (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Narendra-Modi-lands-in-Uttarakhand-flies-out-with-15000-Gujaratis/articleshow/20721118.cms) Narendra Modi flies in Uttarakhand, goes in a huddle with his crack team and then sends 15000 Gujaratis back to safety in one night. How, I ask, when even the Army has been able to rescue just 20000 in a week. The questions are-
1- How did Team Modi selectively locate these Gujaratis apart from all those stranded from 27 other Indian States and 7 Union Territories?
2- Did Modi's choppers and Boeings and luxury buses were given priority landing rights? If yes, did they choose Gujaratis over those more in need?
3- That is if Team Modi disposed all rules of rescue that define the order of evacuation- seriously sick first, followed by children and elderly, followed by women and able bodied men?
4- If the answer to the above questions is yes then this act of privileging Gujarati victims over all above is a criminal act and those responsible should be prosecuted.
If no, then ToI is lying in plain and simple terms and It should be punished for masquerading Paid Advertisement as news.
Sincerely,
Samar Anarya
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Samar Anarya
Kowloon, Hong Kong