New Delhi: For the first time, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday gave credit to the media for AAP’s electoral success even as he raised concern of alleged attempts that are being made to push ‘agenda’ in the ‘garb’ of news that has given negative publicity to his government.
Kejriwal said his government had no issues with the media and needed it ‘than anyone else’.
“Media needs legislature as it has to keep them responsible for their work. Similarly, legislature needs media as works done by the government come to the people through media. We are blamed that we fight with media…why should we fight with media. We need media more than anyone else. If we fight with media, how will our voice reach out to households,” he said
“A major share of the credit for the success achieved by the Aam Aadmi Party goes to media. Had they (media) not brought our voice to the masses, people would not got to know about us …. give votes to us.”, he added.
“Today, media is an important institution of democracy…but within media whether its functioning is democratic or not which is a very serious question,” Kejriwal said.
“But, some reporters told us that our editor has sent them to do a negative story against us despite the fact they don’t know story. This is not a story instead it is an agenda,” he said.
