NewsClick is a dangerous global web of Chinese propaganda: Anurag Thakur
The Union Minister was responding to a recent New York Times report which claimed that the media portal was pushing China’s agenda
A day after an explosive New York Times (NYT) report claimed that media portal Newsclick, financed by tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, was pushing China’s agenda, there was a huge uproar in the Parliament today.
The NYT report has also accused the Congress of defending Newsclick during an investigation by the Enforcement Directorate in 2021 into its funding.
Union information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur led the charge attacking the Congress for rushing to the defence of NewsClick when the BJP had clearly revealed its pro China tilt.
“Even newspapers like ‘The New York Times’ are now admitting that Neville Roy Singham and his NewsClick are dangerous tools of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and promoting China’s political agenda across the world. Much before NYT, India has long been telling the world that NewsClick is a dangerous global web of Chinese propaganda. Supported by like-minded forces, Neville has been furthering a dubious anti-India agenda,” Thakur said.
He said way back in the year 2021, when India’s law enforcement agencies initiated an inquiry against NewsClick based on strong evidence of money laundering, the Congress and the entire Left-Liberal ecosystem came to defend it.
In July 2021, the Enforcement Directorate had raided NewsClick’s office and residences of its editors in connection with an alleged case of money laundering. In a statement, the news portal had said, “If the ED and the government are truthful and follow the course of law, no wrongdoing will be found and this unfortunate event will be closed. Newsclick has nothing to hide".
