Srinagar
Asking National Media to apologise for awakening from deep slumbers to speak for 8-year-old Asifa, an independent lawmaker and MLA Langate Er Rasheed on Thursday said that the three months of silence has exposed the real designs of national TV channels.
The spokesman quoted the Er Rasheed saying “Keeping complete mum for three months and suddenly trying to become the champion of child rights has revealed that there was something behind the curtains that had forced the national media to shut its mouth over Asifa’s rape and murder case. While now every TV channel is debating Asifa’s rape and murder case the way it deserves to be debated but the shameful part of the story remains unanswered that why it took three months for these nationalist channels to wake up”.
The spokesman added that the silence of national media for three months and now becoming advocates of justice and child rights has authenticated and exposed the biased, unrealistic and propagandistic attitude and response of national media towards the majority community of J&K.
He said “not only saner voices in India but world community must notice that if it takes Indian media three months to speak a word over such a heinous crime which had nothing to do with the national interest or integrity of India.
He said that there can be nothing shameful than the fact that four civilians got killed in Kulgam and none of the TV channels had a word over the killings. It is evident that speaking for Asifa has become a compulsion of Indian media and nobody should get misled and conclude that the national media has turned neutral and fair overnight.
Rasheed said that it is shocking that it took those stars who lashed at Shahid Afridi for raising voice against killings in Kashmir three months to tweet and condemn Asifa’s rape and murder
