The Gujarat Lokayukta Controversy: Media Peddles Partisan Propaganda

When it comes to Narendra Modi, even the doyens of Indian journalism forget the most elementary norms of ethical journalism. When Justice Mehta wrote a letter refusing to take charge as the Lokayukta and making all manners of allegations against the Gujarat government, every newspaper published his version in full, making him out to be a knight in shining armour and a martyr to the authoritarian whims of Narendra Modi. No newspaper or TV channel reporting this story thought it fit to publish the version of Gujarat Government. Now that I am studying post 2002 Gujarat, I decided to dig out the facts for myself. Here is a summary of what I found:

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