Mamata's Media Mayhem: Annamalai Calls Out Bengal CM For ‘Unfortunate’ Attacks On Press

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee following the attack on Republic Bangla’s female journalists at Jadavpur University. 

The reporters, who were covering the ongoing tensions and protests at the campus, were assaulted, detained, and forced to delete their footage by a group of individuals linked to the unrest.

Annamalai wasted no time in condemning the incident, labeling it a “new low” in the ongoing attacks on the press in the state.

"Nothing new, Didi sets her own record of going after journalists, very very unfortunate. We should appreciate all the journalists who stand up to power. If you check West Bengal’s history for the past 5-7 years, under Mamata’s rule, the attack on the press has become so severe, we seriously fear for their safety," said Annamalai to reporters.  

As the Republic Bangla team was doing its job and reporting on the campus, the students and some staff members of the institute's security heckled, pushed, threatened and even tried to break their cameras.

The full blown hooliganism and physical assault on Republic Bangla crew showed the encircling, attacking by usual un-electables at the Jadavpur University.

The entire episode exposed the lawlessness in Mamata's Bengal as the press was trampled on with outright impunity. The Republic Bangla crew was ambushed as a goon-like behaviour was on a pure glory at the Jadavpur University campus.

All the heckling, pushing of Republic Bangla crew displayed how there is a freeplay to attack the press in Mamata's Bengal.

The big question here is will Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee take action against this anarchic hooliganism at the Jadavpur University or endorse the incident.

The unruly students physical manhandling of woman reporters was caught on camera LIVE when Republic Bangla crew was reporting at the varsity. They were attacked for asking questions as attempts were also made to block the cameras. Listen in to how Republic Bangla reporter Hridita was heckled, pushed and manhandled by University students.