“Communist fascism: Why is Kerala’s CPM government hounding Asianet News?”, The Print, March 20, 2023:

“As Asianet News’ Kozhikode bureau got down to charting its day on 5 March, a Sunday, police personnel swooped on their premises on PT Usha Road in large numbers. When the officers proceeded with their ‘search’ without producing a warrant, the resident editor or RE Shajahan K was told that they were utilising their ‘special powers’ to carry out the raid. The ‘search’ yielded nothing incriminating, although the overreach was clearly meant to be an act of intimidation.

This was preceded by the raiding of its Kochi regional office by cadres from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)’s student wing, the Students Federation of India (SFI), indicating how all of this was orchestrated by Kerala’s ruling party. Generally, the first thing flung at Asianet News to discredit it is that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is its majority shareholder. But it is fairly well-known that he has little say in its editorial policy.

So, why does Asianet News keep getting the CPI-M’s goat?…..”

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