National: Sudhir Chaudhary, Aaj Tak booked for fake news on minorities’ scheme

The Karnataka Police registered an FIR against the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak and its Consulting Editor Sudhir Chaudhary on allegations of spreading misinformation about a commercial vehicle subsidy scheme of the State government for minorities. According to the FIR, on September 11 in a news program, the Consulting Editor claimed that the Karnataka government was providing a scheme that benefited only the minorities and not the non-minority Hindus and that it is practicing minority appeasement in the state. He also claimed that it is an injustice towards the Hindus. The complaint alleged that the news channel twisted this news saying that it had been meant only for the minorities in general and the Muslims in particular thereby doing injustice to the Hindus, this news was nothing but false and malicious aimed at whipping up the communal feelings in the society. After the news report was aired, Priyank Kharge, Karnataka Minister of Information Technology and Biotechnology said that the anchor was deliberately spreading misinformation on government schemes.