According to the Business Standard, Doordarshan has been asked to capture the mood of the nation after a year of Modi raj through special programmes, interviews and jingles composed by Prasoon Joshi.
So, over the next few days, we will have ministers extolling their achievements and gratuitous people telling us how their lives have changed in the past year and Doordarshan reporters spinning stories of the success and achievements of the NDA government. All of it on a channel that nobody really cares to watch, but that’s a separate point.
The real bad news is that the Modi government has no intention of implementing one of its brightest and honest suggestions: set Prasar Bharti free, give up government control over public broadcasters.
“There is no need for I&B ministry in a democracy; Prasar Bharati should be free of government interference; it should have an independent editor-in-chief.” These were the ‘philosophical and ideological’ words of I&B minister Prakash Javadekar
during an interview in 2014.
In praise of PM Modi: Doordarshan's one year anniversary coverage reveals BJP hypocrisy - Firstpost