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There's a reason that Zee & its entity @ZeeNews are vociferous propaganda machines for the Modi govt. & spread venom for the BJP.

They literally have a quid pro quo agreement & an alliance with the BJP.

Let me tell you how. 👇
Let's look at BJP's contributions for the year 2016-17.

Zee contributed a whopping 2 crores to BJP.

Zee Learn contributed 25 lakhs & Essel Infra contributed 1 crores.

Incidentally - Zee/Essel's Subhash Chandra got a Rajya Sabha seat from BJP in the SAME year.

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Also, Zee-owned Dish TV contributed 50 lakhs in 2016-17.

A total of almost 4 crores - that's the BJP's going rate for a Rajya Sabha seat.

Dish TV's story is even more interesting.

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Remember BJP's mysterious NaMo TV last year? The I&B Ministry said they had no idea about the channel. The ECI & BJP's Amit Malviya said on-the-record that NaMo TV is broadcast by BJP.

Guess who handled the satellite uplink for NaMo TV?

Yup - it was Zee's Dish TV.

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This is just a small snapshot of how embedded the Zee ecosystem is with BJP & Modi Govt.

Zee donates to BJP & enjoys govt. favors & ads.

It fills its pockets up while spreading communal hate & propaganda & instigating mobs against people.

This is how sold-out they are.

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PS: These are just official documented contributions by Zee to BJP.

With cash & electoral bonds, sadly, we’ll never know the real extent truthfully.
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A story of how the Election Commission is shockingly & openly protecting BJP leader Kapil Mishra 👇

BJP's Kapil Mishra furnished false info on his election affidavits in 2015 & 2020.

On 16 Jun, ECI said in a press note that it will now take cognizance of such complaints.

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Earlier, complainants had to go to court for complaints about candidates falsifying affidavits under section 125A of the Representation of People Act, 1951.

On 16th June, with a press note, the ECI said it had changed its policy & will now take cognizance itself.

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According to the new policy in this press note ECI/PN/42/2020, I filed a complaint with the ECI on 22nd June against Kapil Mishra.

This complaint was forwarded to the Returning Officer who shockingly (& against the new ECI policy) said that I would have to go to court.

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I'm sure you all remember the mysterious NaMo TV channel which was launched during the Lok Sabha 2019 elections & then disappeared mysteriously after the polls.

In Apr. 2019, @SpokespersonECI had acknowledged that the channel run by DTH platforms was paid-for by the BJP.

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On the same day that the ECI released this order, BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya admitted on the record that NaMo TV was run by the BJP & its IT cell.

The channel was never registered with the govt. & had no permissions required for satellite telecast.

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Post-elections, no one followed up on this.

Now, it turns out that in BJP's Election Expenditure statement filed with the ECI, there is ZERO mention of this channel or the payments made to DTH operators for broadcasting it.

BJP has completely hidden this crucial info.

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In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP paid Chinese-govt linked companies 1.15 crores for running their campaign.

What's more shocking?

These companies are among the SAME ones that have been recently "banned" in India for their links to the Chinese Govt.

#चीन_निर्भर_भाजपा

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In July, Modi govt banned 59 Chinese apps. It also claimed that some of them have deep links with the Chinese Govt & People's Liberation Army (PLA).

The companies alleged by Modi govt to be close to China include: ShareIT, UC Web Browser, & Tencent.

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Now, let me take you to BJP's expenditure report for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 which was filed with the Election Commission.

This report details the payments made by BJP to companies for running its election campaign.

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