, 5 tweets, 3 min read
News channel @aajtak has responded to my legal notice with the flimsiest & silliest defense possible.

As expected, Aaj Tak claims that the inflammatory statement they tweeted was in 'quotes' meaning that they were reproducing what the Hindu Mahasabha said in the SC.

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Now, let's look at the tweet.

The tweet says "देखिये #DeshTak आज शाम 7 बजे" (Watch #DeskTak at 7pm today).

The graphic has a quotation mark but does NOT specify whether the quote is of Hindu Mahasabha or Aaj Tak's own opinion.

The single-quotes, ergo, mean NOTHING

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Aaj Tak also claims in their reply that they were merely reporting the claims of 1 party & that me "cracking the whip would be unconstitutional".

Again, their tweet IN NO WAY shows that the quote is attributed to someone else & that it isn't Aaj Tak's editorial opinion.

(3/5)
Aaj Tak's intentions don't matter. What matters is the content they put out.

The quote was clearly inflammatory & without attributing it to a source, it clearly can be assumed to be their own editorial opinion.

They could've easily issued a clarification & deleted it.

(4/5)
To incite division between communities is a crime & to be seen as endorsing the claim of 1 party over another in the subjudice Ram Janmabhoomi case is contempt.

Given Aaj Tak's flimsy justification, I have a case that's fit for taking to the judiciary for prosecution.

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