Rajdeep Sardesai lies in a Hyderabad speech just days after apologising unconditionally in court for spreading fake news
5 years ago

Rajdeep Sardesai lies in a Hyderabad speech just days after apologising unconditionally in court for spreading fake news

Op India  

“Indians no longer voting for values, but for individuals”– thus spoke India’s most controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. We were told that “Mr Sardesai explained 10 trends he has spotted.” Just days after apologizing to the High Court of Telangana for spreading fake news in 2007, Rajdeep Sardesai stood in front of an audience in Hyderabad and continued to mutter lie after lie. Read: Rajdeep Sardesai issued an unconditional apology to an IPS officer in November 2019 for spreading fake news in 2007 The Citizenship Amendment Bill that intended to fast track citizenship for persecuted minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan was first tabled in the Lok Sabha in the year 2016. Read: As Islamist mobs set buses on fire and attack temples to oppose CAA, Rajdeep Sardesai paints them all as peaceful and patriotic We are further told that Rajdeep opinionated that “Candidates are mattering less and less, and we are slowly becoming elected autocracy wherein the individual matters much more than any institution.” This argument is baffling beyond expectations.

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Insights on Indian elections, One Nation One Election, BJP’s recovery and ECI opacity at Hindu Lit For Life Dialogue
1 month ago

Insights on Indian elections, One Nation One Election, BJP’s recovery and ECI opacity at Hindu Lit For Life Dialogue

The Hindu  

From the likelihood of the One Nation One Election becoming a reality, to the metamorphosing of the Indian elections into a polarising, hyperlocal and cash-intensive affairs to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ability to bounce back from the electoral jolt in the 2024 parliamentary elections were some of the topics that held the audience in a spell at the Lit For …

Is Rajdeep Sardesai repaying Sharad Pawar's old debt by downplaying allegations against Supriya Sule
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Is Rajdeep Sardesai repaying Sharad Pawar's old debt by downplaying allegations against Supriya Sule

Op India  

The 2024 Maharashtra Assembly Elections are underway. Interesting that allegation was made by BJP within hours of the cash for votes… — Rajdeep Sardesai November 20, 2024 Rajdeep Sardesai was providing up-to-date information on Vinod Tawde. While Vinod Tawde was accused, Sharad Pawar’s MP daughter Supriya Sule was also accused of using the money from the bitcoin scam in the …

Rajdeep Sardesai rants against middle class, calls them communal
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai rants against middle class, calls them communal

Op India  

India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai today ranted against the Indian middle class and scientific community, labelling them the most communal sections of the society. How Rajdeep Sardesai’s comments don’t hold water Calling the whole middle class ‘selfish’ and ‘communal’ feeds the liberal narrative that Hindus have grown communally charged after the Ram Mandir movement. Rajdeep Sardesai’s disdain for the middle …

Rajdeep Sardesai dodges discussion on West Bengal panchayat violence
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai dodges discussion on West Bengal panchayat violence

Op India  

On Friday, veteran ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai courted controversy for trying to evade questions on the recent spate of violence during the West Bengal panchayat election. After realising that he would be forced to condemn the violence in West Bengal, he came up with the troupe of ‘woman Chief Minister.’ Sardesai remarked, “Bengal, by the way, is the only State with …

'Journalist' Rajdeep Sardesai downplays panchayat violence in West Bengal
1 year, 6 months ago

'Journalist' Rajdeep Sardesai downplays panchayat violence in West Bengal

Op India  

Days after 50 people were killed in political violence during the West Bengal panchayat election, India Today ‘journalist Rajdeep Sardesai attempted to contextualise the violence and give Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a clean chit. On being asked by journalist Saurabh Dwivedi of Lallantop about the incumbent TMC government’s failure to contain the violence, Sardesai dodged the question altogether and narrated …

Rajdeep Sardesai gets humiliated by Gavaskar over Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli controversy
3 years, 1 month ago

Rajdeep Sardesai gets humiliated by Gavaskar over Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli controversy

Op India  

Rajdeep Sardesai has faced humiliation on live television once again. ‘I don’t take you seriously’, said Mukesh Ambani In March 2017, India Today Conclave published a 6-minute interview of Rajdeep Sardesai with business tycoon Mukesh Ambani. I do not take you seriously.” Sardesai, humiliated by the ‘most powerful person’, could only say, “Are yeh kya baat hui.” Former President Mukherjee …

Dr. Ajay Agarwal, a victim of media's fake news peddling, reacts to Rajdeep Sardesai's humiliation
3 years, 11 months ago

Dr. Ajay Agarwal, a victim of media's fake news peddling, reacts to Rajdeep Sardesai's humiliation

Op India  

He is a habitual offender’: The victim of fake sting operation has his say on the speculated resignation of Rajdeep Sardesai Much has been said and written about the ‘distinguished journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai and his penchant of lying and spreading fake news. For the uninitiated Dr. Agarwal is the doctor on whom Rajdeep Sardesai, Ashutosh, and Raghav Bahl ran a …

India Today takes Rajdeep Sardesai off air for spreading fake news
3 years, 11 months ago

India Today takes Rajdeep Sardesai off air for spreading fake news

Op India  

Controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai has been reportedly taken off air temporarily by India Today after he was caught spread news during the tractor rally on Republic Day in Delhi. Reports: Rajdeep Sardesai taken off-air by India Today over unverified tweets, faces one month salary cut. But it didn’t stop him from spreading the fake news, as when he went live …

As India Today talks about Tejashwi Yadav’s haircut, Rajdeep Sardesai hints that he wants Indian media to boycott PM Modi
4 years, 2 months ago

As India Today talks about Tejashwi Yadav’s haircut, Rajdeep Sardesai hints that he wants Indian media to boycott PM Modi

Op India  

As the final phase of Bihar elections will be held on Saturday, the political parties are pushing hard to influence voters in all ways it can to garner their votes to emerge victorious in the prestigious battle of Bihar. Ironically, India Today’s ‘Gold Standard’ PR campaign for Tejashwi Yadav came just hours after India Today’s Rajdeep Sardesai had indirectly questioned …

On India’s stage, the theatre of the absurd, writes Rajdeep Sardesai
4 years, 4 months ago

On India’s stage, the theatre of the absurd, writes Rajdeep Sardesai

Hindustan Times  

For weeks now, the obituary of TV news has been written by many media observers. The sensational, ethically flawed and, at times, totally inane coverage of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s tragic death is being seen as the last rites of a medium in seemingly terminal decline. When was the last time three of India’s top national agencies — Central Bureau …

Rajdeep Sardesai trolled on social media after Asaduddin Owaisi meltdown
4 years, 5 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai trolled on social media after Asaduddin Owaisi meltdown

Op India  

Propagandist-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai appears to have greatly unpopular even among his cultivated fan base lately. After the clip went viral, users on social media condemned Rajdeep Sardesai and the majority community of India for being ‘majoritarian supremacist’. Liberals are ass of sanghis Example https://t.co/18tDNGu0dY — سیّد فیضانِ | Syed Faizan August 11, 2020 Yet another individual commented that Rajdeep Sardesai …

Rajdeep Sardesai casts aspersions on Justice Arun Mishra after SC order on Rajasthan
4 years, 5 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai casts aspersions on Justice Arun Mishra after SC order on Rajasthan

Op India  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court refused to restrain the Rajasthan High Court from passing an order on the petitions filed by rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot and other dissident MLAs over the disqualification notices issued to them. Rajdeep Sardesai, who seemed to be hurt, took to Twitter to express his disappointment over the order and went to make incendiary comments …

Rajdeep Sardesai lies about Punjab receiving only Rs 71 crore from centre
4 years, 8 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai lies about Punjab receiving only Rs 71 crore from centre

Op India  

Controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai on Saturday took to Twitter to falsely claim that Punjab government has got only Rs 71 crore from the Modi government to fight the Chinese pandemic coronavirus. Taking to Twitter, Rajdeep Sardesai claimed that Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal said to him that centre had given the state just Rs 71 crore as an aid …

Online Change petition filed demanding withdrawal of Padma awards of Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai
4 years, 10 months ago

Online Change petition filed demanding withdrawal of Padma awards of Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai

Op India  

IIMA alumni Anubha Sinha started a petition on Change.org to PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and India’s President Ram Nath Kovind appealing them to withdraw Padma awards of controversial journalists Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai. In her petition, she writes, “Rajdeep Sardesai was recently convicted in court of Peddling fake news and he has accepted and apologized. Do …

Rajdeep Sardesai dances with psephologist Pradeep Gupta on air as AAP wins Delhi elections
4 years, 11 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai dances with psephologist Pradeep Gupta on air as AAP wins Delhi elections

Op India  

With Delhi Assembly elections results coming in, it looks likely that Delhi has decided to give a clear mandate to Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party. While the secular ‘camp’ has already started rejoicing, ‘journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai looked particularly ecstatic as seen in the India Today studio, breaking into a jig with Axis MyIndia’s chief Pradeep Gupta, on the popular …

Spread fake news, grovel and apologise when caught: How Rajdeep Sardesai functions
5 years ago

Spread fake news, grovel and apologise when caught: How Rajdeep Sardesai functions

Op India  

In November 2019, controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai had tendered an unconditional apology to an IPS officer for airing a fake news item on Sohrabuddin encounter case in 2007 after which the case against him and his other associates was dismissed by the court. — Rajdeep Sardesai March 6, 2017 Rajdeep was not the only one to weave lies about the …

Rajdeep ‘vulture’ Sardesai who thought Parliament attack was a ‘great day’, compares 26/11 carnage to Maharashtra politics
5 years, 1 month ago

Rajdeep ‘vulture’ Sardesai who thought Parliament attack was a ‘great day’, compares 26/11 carnage to Maharashtra politics

Op India  

While the nation remembers in horror, the nights of terror unleashed by Pakistan on Mumbai for 4 days starting from 26th November 2008, Rajdeep Sardesai was up to his ‘vulture’ ways all over again. While the nation mourned the loss of over 174 lives in 2008, Rajdeep ‘vulture’ Sardesai compared the carnage of 26/11 to Maharashtra politics. Read: Media has …

BJP comes back to power in Maharashtra, 'liberals' have a meltdown
5 years, 1 month ago

BJP comes back to power in Maharashtra, 'liberals' have a meltdown

Op India  

As a faction of NCP and the BJP pulled up a political coup in Maharashtra to form the government, the ‘neutral journalists’ and the ‘secular-liberals’ members of the Congress-backed ecosystem seems to have lost their last hope of keeping BJP out of power in Maharashtra. Taking to Twitter to vent out his frustration, Rajdeep Sardesai launched his attack on Maharashtra …

Maharashtra: Rajdeep Sardesai accused of being frustrated, abuses to prove he is not frustrated
5 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra: Rajdeep Sardesai accused of being frustrated, abuses to prove he is not frustrated

Op India  

Maharashtra politics just catapulted itself to national politics with a night-long coup that resulted in Devendra Fadnavis being sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Ajit Pawar being sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister. More than Shiv Sena and Congress, who were strung along like dead weight, or Sharad Pawar who has distanced himself from this alliance …

After Anjana Om Kashyap, now Shweta Singh calls out Rajdeep Sardesai’s bias among others
5 years, 7 months ago

After Anjana Om Kashyap, now Shweta Singh calls out Rajdeep Sardesai’s bias among others

Op India  

It seems like a section of the media is finally finding its voice when it comes to calling out the blatant bias within the fraternity. Now, Sweta Singh has called out the blatant bias in the Left media and even Rajdeep Sardesai among others. Among others, the journalist who seemed most distressed was Rajdeep Sardesai, who is incidentally, from the …

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shamelessly twists PM Modi’s comment on Congress’ ‘Hindu terror’ bogey
5 years, 9 months ago

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shamelessly twists PM Modi’s comment on Congress’ ‘Hindu terror’ bogey

Op India  

The left-leaning Media and its ‘journalists’ like Rajdeep Sardesai, have been openly and pathologically biased against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ever since he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Rajdeep Sardesai, the “journalist” who had once said that the Parliament attack back in 2000 actually “excited him” took to Twitter to shamelessly twist PM Narendra Modi’s statement. Rajdeep Sardesai said …

No, Rajdeep Sardesai Was Not Assaulted During MP Election Coverage
6 years, 1 month ago

No, Rajdeep Sardesai Was Not Assaulted During MP Election Coverage

The Quint  

The menace of fake news takes different avatars on the social media. While on most occasions, such articles peddle fabricated facts or morphed images, there exist other forms of fake news which are equally capable of misleading the readers The Quint came across one such article that has gone viral on social media. CLAIM The article in reckoning here is …

Rajdeep Sardesai lies yet again, this time about the SC’s decision on Rafale deal
6 years, 3 months ago

Rajdeep Sardesai lies yet again, this time about the SC’s decision on Rafale deal

Op India  

For some, the adage “with great power comes great responsibilities” doesn’t hold any significance. But, contrary to the SC’s decision, Rajdeep Sardesai put out a misleading tweet stating that the SC has issued a ‘notice’ to centre to explain processes involved in procuring the Rafale aircraft. The Supreme Court had clearly denied issuing a notice to the centre in the …

Irony died and went to hell when Rajdeep Sardesai advised others to ‘not play politics over dead bodies’
6 years, 7 months ago

Irony died and went to hell when Rajdeep Sardesai advised others to ‘not play politics over dead bodies’

Op India  

Rajdeep Sardesai, the Senior Journalist with India Today who is known to do fluff interviews of Mamata Banerjee, Sonia Gandhi and the Yadavs and who once proudly proclaimed that he is anti-national, has once again managed to expose his own hypocrisy on Twitter. Rajdeep Sardesai took to Twitter today to urge everyone to ‘hold their peace’ until a thorough investigation …

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