TV journalist seeks justice. Shunted out of job for highlighting Unnao rape case.

The president of the Unnav Press Club and an investigative political journalist, currently a free lance scribe, Veerendra Yadav has been shunted out of News Nation as its Uttar Pradesh correspondent based in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh by the News Nation management.

As per the news pouring in Virendra Yadav has accused the New Nation’s top management for terminating him from the news channel he’d been serving for years as the most dedicated journalist on the pressure and to oblige the top official attached to the CM Uttar Pradesh looking after his media affairs and other powerful ruling political lobby of the state for covering and highlighting the news related to the rape case of the ruling party’s Unnao MLA who is behind bars at present in the rape case for the very first time later on followed by other channels.

According to the victimised journalist the coverage of the alleged rapist MLA was duly shown on News Nation channel initially but after the management acknowleged calls from those at the helm in the government they withdrew the story from being telecast and also shunted him out of the job.

Since then he had also been allegedly receiving threats from different quarters in order to be bogged  down so that he dose’nt raise the issue ahead any more.

The prominent newsportal Bhadas media has also prominently highlighted the plight of Virendra Yadav who had been active in regular TV journalism for the last more than 15 years.

In his face book post as mentioned in Bhadas4media, brave and dedicated journalist Virendra Yadav writes that this is not my personal struggle for justice against the management of the News Nation but this relentless struggle is for those hundreds of journalists who tirelessly and dedicatedly work for news channels day in and day out, facing the scorching sun and rains for a meagre salary, even less than a peon. Not only this but these hard core journalists are shunted out at any point of time when the management of these TV channels think it suits their convenience.

My war therefore is for the justice of a journalist which I will continue till the end irrespective of how grave the consequences, I face during my struggle.

Giving the details about what had actually happened in this whole story that led to his termination Virendra Yadav writes that he was the first TV journalist who had for the very first time unearthed the story of the alleged rape by the BJP Unnao MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar and ran the story on News Nation followed by other channels thereafter.

He was thereafter threatened with dire consequences by the goons of the lawmaker. But I was hardly afraid and went into the depth of the story to expose the ugly and shameful act of the BJP MLA.

The channel repeatedly ran the story and earned tremendous TRP. My brave act resulted in putting the culprits behind jail and justice to the victim whose father also met the sad end during police investigation.

This led to the massive insult of the BJP from the state to the centre as the issue got highlighted nationally. As a result I was the main target right from the lawmaker to the state government.

While I was covering the story I got the news that the goons of the law maker Sengar have hatched a conspiracy to eliminate me. I immediately sent letters to the chief minister, prime minister , president and other concerned bureaucrats demanding gurantee for my security.

When their conspiracy could not fructify everyone of them approached the media advisor to the chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath Mritunjay Kumar who framed fabricated charges on me and telephonically pressurised the channel’s owner Sanjay Kulshresht to shunt me out.

The fourth estate finally bowed down against the ruling party’s pressure. I was thrown out of the channel without assigning any reason. I repeatedly asked the reasons behind my arbitrary termination but of no awail.

I could have easily joined some other channel but my inner instinct did’nt permit me as it would have amounted to accepting the fabricated charges.

I wanted to ask: how long would be journalists exploited by the channel owners and till when they would remain the Rakhails of the ruling establishments.

The CBI had authenticated my story then what was my fault. Why was I punished for showing the truth.  THE RAPE VICTIM GOT JUSTICE BUT WHEN WOULD I GET THE SAME.

I wanted to continue my struggle with these very objectives. I therefore appeal to all of you to stand with me in this hour of crisis and wholeheartedly support my struggle says the post on Virendra Yadav’s face book wall. ABOVE IS the copy of the letter written to the prime minister by freelance scribe Virendra Yadav.