Modi has also attempted to reach to out to different sections of the society, cultivated an image of moderation and even disarmed his critics selectively. However, it remains to be seen how quickly the Indian English media fall for Modi’s charm offensive
According to a Hindi media website samachar4media.com, it appears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met editors of select English publications on Monday for a completely informal meeting. According to the site, among those present were editors of Times of India (Jaideep Bose), Hindustan Times (Sanjoy Narayan), The Telegraph, Calcutta (Manini Chatterjee), The Hindu (Malini Parthasarathy), Indian Express (Rajkamal Jha), India Today’s group editorial director (Shekhar Gupta), editorial director of Sunday Guardian (MD Nalapat), KTV Reddy of Deccan Chronicle, The Tribune (Raj Chengappa) and the New Indian Express Editorial Director Prabhu Chawla.
It may be recalled that over the past 12 years, Modi has had a frosty relationship with many publications and editors who he thinks have unfairly reported on Gujarat and him. Ever since Modi has become the PM, he has kept the mainstream media out from informal briefings, has asked his ministers and officials not to speak to the press and has allowed only the official media (Air India and Doordarshan) to accompany him on his trips abroad.
However, Modi has also attempted to reach to out to different sections of the society, cultivated an image of moderation and even disarmed his critics selectively. It remains to be seen how quickly the Indian English media, which has felt left out all these months, fall for Modi’s charm offensive.
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