The only channel which accorded a degree of importance to the farmer protests was NDTV 24X7.ĭuring its show, The Big Fight, anchor Sanket Upadhyay questioned whether the Centre was pushing another monster through legislation by allowing farmers to be exploited by corporate houses now. They also reported on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech to the UN General Assembly and on the external affairs minister’s views on China as he discussed his new book, The India Way. The very same day, the Shiromani Akali Dal parted ways with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance after nearly two and a half decades.ĭespite this, most channels kept their focus on the questioning of three actors – Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor – by the Narcotics Control Bureau in the Bollywood drugs cases. New Delhi: On the day farmer protests raged across the country over the three agriculture Bills passed by parliament, most national news channels gave the issue a pass on their prime time coverage.
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