Former Union Minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad has said media had an "anti-BJP bias" and that television debates do not make election results.
"Television debates don't make election results. Has that been a case, Narendra Modi would not have won any elections because you will hardly see any favourable report about him on any channel," Prasad said interacting during a programme organised here.
A body of professionals terming themselves as "friends of BJP", had organised an interactive session with Prasad during his Goa visit on last evening.
To a question by a young woman professional, who felt that BJP is always shown in bad light by media, the former information and broadcast minister said, "This is an unfortunate reality that there is a secular and communal face off on the television."
Reiterating his claim that television really does not matter, Prasad said that in Tamil Nadu almost all the prominent politicians have TV channels.
"Jaya TV for Jaya, Sun TV for DMK...Makkal TV for PMK and there is another Congress channel. If television would have been so powerful, then Jaya would have never lost to Karunanidhi," the minister said.
He said that anti-BJP stand was a problem only with the English channels and not Hindi channels.
"If you see Hindi channels or regional channels they don't have anti-BJP bias," Prasad added.
The BJP leader appealed to the "friends" of the party to SMS or write to the channels, which they find are bias, asking them to give away the attitude.
The BJP has a slogan of justice to all, he added.
"Our approach is very clear. Justice to all and appeasement to none...For us everyone is equal," he said.
Under Congress regime, 40 major riots have taken place in Gandhinagar and Ahmadnagar, no one talks about it, he said.
"You woke up only in 2001-02? You forgot the great development Narendra Modi has done in Gujarat today in having 17 percent growth rate on par with China?," he questioned.
"TODAY THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PER CAPITA INCOME OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA IS IN GUJARAT ONLY because Gujarat is rising. Muslims earn pittance in West Bengal ruled by great secular party CPI(M) since 35 years," Prasad said.
Speaking further, he said that BJP has come to power in Nagaland which is 99 percent Christian state.
"We have our Christian MLAs and Christian ministers in Meghalaya and Mizoram which are 99 percent Christian states. How do you wish to ignore the hard realities of today?" he questioned.
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