I, MANOJ RAGHUVANSHI, AM A TELEVISION JOURNALIST WITH MORE THAN 33 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. I AM SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT MY NAME HAS BEEN DRAGGED IN A FICTITIOUS STORY ALLEGING THAT I HAVE OR HAD PLAYED A ROLE IN 'SUDARSHAN NEWS' RECEIVING RS. 30 CRORE FROM NITIN GADKARI. IT IS SURPRISING THAT THIS FALSE STORY WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT CHECKING THE FACTS WITH ME OR CARRYING MY VERSION.
I DID INTERVIEW NITIN GADKARI RECENTLY FOR MY 30-MINUTE EXCLUSIVE PROGRAMME 'X-RAY' TELECAST ON 'SUDARSHAN NEWS' AT 9:30 P.M. ON 10.12.2011 AND REPEATED THE NEXT DAY AT 10:30 A.M. I ALSO INTERVIEWED ADVANIJI DURING HIS RATH YATRA ON 19.11.2011 WHICH WAS TELECAST THE SAME NIGHT AT 9:30 P.M. AND REPEATED THE NEXT DAY AT 10:30 A.M. IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT NITIN GADKARI HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE BJP FOR TWO YEARS AND MY INTERVIEW WITH HIM CAME AFTER PRACTICALLY ALL THE CHANNELS HAD INTERVIEWED HIM. SIMILARLY, MY INTERVIEW WITH ADVANIJI WAS ON THE LAST DAY OF HIS RATH YATRA, AFTER ALL THE CHANNELS HAD ALREADY INTERVIEWED HIM. MY INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH OF THEM WERE LIKE ANY OTHER JOURNALISTIC INTERVIEWS.
WHILE I HAVE INTERVIEWED ADVANIJI AND NITIN GADKARI OF THE BJP, I HAVE ALSO INTERVIEWED KAMAL FAROOQUI OF THE SAMAJWADI PARTY, MAHMOOD MADANI OF THE RLD AND SATYAVRAT CHATURVEDI OF THE CONGRESS FOR THE SAME PROGRAMME ON 'SUDARSHAN NEWS'. SO, WHAT IS SURPRISING ABOUT MY INTERVIEWS WITH NITIN GADKARI AND ADVANIJI?
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR MR. YASHWANT SINGH WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING BHADAS4MEDIA.COM SO SUCCESSFULLY. IT IS VERY SAD THAT A GOOD JOURNALIST LIKE HIM AND HIS ESTEEMED WEBSITE HAS BEEN MADE THE INSTRUMENT OF WRITING A COMPLETELY FALSE STORY ABOUT ME. PLEASE DO PUBLISH MY CONTRADICTION IMMEDIATELY.
THANKS AND REGARDS.
MANOJ RAGHUVANSHI
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