X (formerly Twitter) handle of the reportedly China-funded portal Newsclick suspended

On Saturday, 12th August 2023, the X handle of Newsclick was suspended by X authorities. Although the allegation that Newsclick received unaccounted money from foreign sources and was indulging in financial irregularities among other criminalities was unearthed after ED raids on the news portal, the issue recently came back to the limelight after an expose by the New York Times. On Saturday, The New York Times published a detailed article, revealing the ties of an American businessman with the Chinese government and his financial support to NewsClick. On Monday, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey raised the issue of Chinese financing of the leftist propaganda news outlet, NewsClick, in the Indian Parliament. While citing the findings of the report in the Lok Sabha, Dubey said, “Chinese goods are being sold at Rahul Gandhi’s nafrat ki dukaan …The New York Times has published an interesting report…About ₹38 crores have been received by organisations such as NewsClick.” BJP MP Nishikant Dubey raises the issue of Chinese financing of leftist propaganda outlet #Newsclick in Parliament, names Abhisar Sharma, Swati Chaturvedi and Rohini Singh pic.twitter.com/SDQxdLwunH — OpIndia.com August 7, 2023 “The report by the newspaper also reiterated the findings of the Enforcement Directorate…NewsClick is a part of the anti-India, tukde tukde gang.