I too am convinced that this entire scheme was hatched to remove my presence from TV. When this news broke many people expressed a similar view across social media as well. In his piece in The Telegraph, Mukul Kesavan has also written that this entire game has been played to remove me from the television space.

Roy never had a problem with this perception on the contrary, it pleased him. But as you are aware, it has been quite obvious in these times that the channel has come to be associated with me to some extent – that it is ‘Ravish’s channel’. No doubt NDTV is a distinct brand and has its own identity. As it is the first question, kindly hear me out.Īs soon as the news about the Adani Group’s impending takeover of NDTV broke in August, one thought flashed through my mind – you have not succeeded in buying me over all these years, so now you have adopted the takeover route. Ravish Kumar: Thank you, Karan, for giving me this opportunity. Why did you resign from NDTV when it became clear that Gautam Adani had acquired 29.9% of the company’s shares and he had launched a public offer for 26% more? Most people think they know the answer, but I believe they’d like to hear it from you. Karan Thapar: Ravish, let me start with the obvious question. The following is a transcript of the interview, with Kumar’s responses translated from the original Hindi to English. He also discusses various other issues, such as the state of media freedom in the country and what the future holds for him.

He expressed his belief that Adani was spending thousands of crores to buy NDTV just to silence him. Kumar, who has been a critic of the Narendra Modi government, sat down with Karan Thapar for an interview published by The Wire on December 19. Ravish Kumar, one of India’s best-known news anchors, resigned from NDTV soon after it emerged that Gautam Adani would take control of the network.

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