After the CBI filed closure reports in the Sushant Singh Rajput suicide case in Mumbai and Patna, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Sunday pilloried the “blood-thirsty” television news channels for subjecting Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty to media-trial in the much-discussed suicide case, vilifying her and destroying her career and said that they would raise the issue in Parliament.
On a day Rhea’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde and brother Showik Chakraborty welcomed the CBI’s move to file closure reports in Mumbai and Patna courts saying “Satya Meva Jayate!” (Truth Alone Triumphs), TMC’s MP and deputy leader in Rajya Sabha Sagarika Ghose demanded a public apology from the television channels concerned for the vilification carried out against the actress, while Shiv Sena (UBT) MP and spokesperson (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the TV anchors should feel remorse for their wrong-doings.
Sagarika, who herself was a television anchor for many years, said that “witch-hunting TV anchors must be made accountable NOW”. She said she would raise the issue and root for “a UK-type ofcom like INDEPENDENT regulator for all TV channels”.
Taking to micro-blogging site, Sagarika wrote “Rhea Chakraborty @Tweet2Rhea is innocent. Nothing illustrates the total decay of India’s TV news channels more than the Rhea Chakraborty case. TV anchors who went on a witch hunt against Rhea must put in an open public apology”.
“All those who doubted the Mumbai Police investigation on SSR and welcomed the Bihar Police team to cater to a bloodthirsty media and then welcomed CBI, should feel some remorse. The CBI closure report took 5 years but surely exposed agenda bearers,” Priyanka wrote.