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Anti-corruption activists Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan, are planning to launch a television channel, which they say, will be non-profit and will focus on public issues.
“We are starting a channel which will focus on public issues,” Bhushan told Business Standard.
He indicated that the channel would not just be confined to people from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), but would be a representative of people interested in public issues. “It won’t be AAP's channel, but will belong to a broader group. We are facilitating the formation of a public service broadcaster,” Bhushan explained.
Bhushan was silent on the names of the people who are to be associated with the channel. “We are creating a team and we have to organise the funds. It will take some time,” he said.
Other AAP members, whom Business Standard spoke to, confirmed that the TV channel would be ready this year.
“We have always felt that the country needed a good public service broadcaster. As a broadcaster, Prasar Bharti has failed to achieve the purpose for which it was set up. So, the idea was to facilitate setting up an alternative,” Yogender Yadav, political analyst and AAP member told Business Standard.
“We are starting a channel which will focus on public issues,” Bhushan told Business Standard.
He indicated that the channel would not just be confined to people from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), but would be a representative of people interested in public issues. “It won’t be AAP's channel, but will belong to a broader group. We are facilitating the formation of a public service broadcaster,” Bhushan explained.
Bhushan was silent on the names of the people who are to be associated with the channel. “We are creating a team and we have to organise the funds. It will take some time,” he said.
Other AAP members, whom Business Standard spoke to, confirmed that the TV channel would be ready this year.
“We have always felt that the country needed a good public service broadcaster. As a broadcaster, Prasar Bharti has failed to achieve the purpose for which it was set up. So, the idea was to facilitate setting up an alternative,” Yogender Yadav, political analyst and AAP member told Business Standard.
Hope it clicks. Surely they got to struggle a lot atleast to have a beginning. Seems a channel idea is wrong as it may backlash. Once they launch own channel they won't get the support of all other media's as they have now.