Why selective outrage by BJP on Arnab’s arrest: Cong

New Delhi, Nov 4 : After the BJP targeted the Congress over arrest of Republic TV owner and Chief Editor Arnab Goswami on Wednesday, the Congress termed the outrage “selective” and “extremely unwarranted”.
Addressing a press conference Congress Spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said: “I am shocked with selective outrage by the government and BJP and it is unwarranted.” “He has brought disgrace to journalism and was working as a BJP front and hurling abuses on individuals and making allegations. Is he judge or jury what type of Journalism is he is doing?” she said.
“When independent journalists are persecuted then why does the BJP keep silent,” she said giving the example of Prashant Kanojia and Supriya Sharma who were booked by the Uttar Pradesh government over tweets and reports.
The Congress said that no action will be taken if anyone is innocent and “law will take it own course”, said Shrinate.
The Congress was attacked by the BJP for bringing back emergency days by BJP president and Prakash Javdekar, but the Congress refuted the allegation and said “The BJP should be the last to speak on media freedom and the way they are controlling the media with intimidation and fear is absolutely shamefull”.