Okay, so the gloves are off. The daggers are out. The throbbing of the furious hearts of the belligerents can be heard from a mile away.
Barkha Dutt just launched an acerbic attack on Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for airing a show last night, July 26, on the pseudo-seculars among the intelligentsia and the support they receive from a section of the media.
Note that nowhere in his show did Arnab name any journalist nor allow any of the panelists to name one. Their attacks on the non-Kashmiri intellectuals who call Burhan Wani a “martyr” and accuse the Indian Army of “committing atrocities” on Kashmiris was not mere rhetoric.
So, on June 27, Barkha posted this on her official Facebook page.
She calls Arnab Goswami a ‘chamcha’ (stooge) of the Modi government. All that Goswami ever did was expose those who side with the terrorists in Kashmir and their sympathisers. He and the panelists chastised those in India who show solidarity with Kashmir’s (unwarranted) demand for ‘azaadi’ without ever talking about the plight of Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their homeland behind.
And why is Barkha mad at Arnab?
Because Arnab lashed out at the ‘pseudo-liberals’, including “a section of the Indian media” for “abusing our army” and “directly or indirectly supporting Pakistan, Hafiz Saeed” and terrorists like Burhan Wani.
WATCH: Arnab’s take on #ProPakDovesSilent https://t.co/laZ2L3o9a4
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) July 26, 2016
One needs to note here that Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed had recently praised Barkha Dutt, and those like her, who side with Kashmiris demanding secession from India.
26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed praises Congress party & Barkha Dutt during TV interview pic.twitter.com/JM1CYT3Av0
— pritam asnodkar (@pritamasnodkar) July 27, 2016
Of course, social media did not find Dutt’s response worth it.
Very poor attempt by Barkha who seems clearly agitated. Arnab speaks about the nation/army Barkha speaks about choosing sides in journalism
— shilpi tewari (@shilpitewari) July 27, 2016
@JantaKaReporter @BDUTT Barkha is more affected by what Arnab said than what her dear friend Hafiz did. Speaks volumes
— Apurva Kulkarni (@apurvaprasad) July 27, 2016
Arnab did to barkha what barkha has been doing to regular folks for ages. Karma es perros.
— Rajesh M K (@rajeshmk) July 27, 2016
Ashamed of Indians like barkha dutt, who celebrates anti indian movements and supports terrorists like burhan and… https://t.co/OA114fPZKY
— RANJAN KUMAR JHA (@sonumoney2000) July 27, 2016
That’s the way the cookie CRUMBLES -BARKHA DATT …
— nadish bhatia (@nadishbhatia) July 27, 2016
@Zakka_Jacob He was only talikng about pseudo libs not journalists.Barkha’s jumping the gun
— RajiPrasanna (@rashmiprasan) July 27, 2016
