Reporters Without Orders Ep 299: Rajasthan polls, Delhi’s chief secretary

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Shivnarayan Rajpurohit and Pratyush Deep.

Shiv talks about the experience of reporting from Rajasthan on the assembly elections. He compares strategies used by the BJP and Congress to influence voters, from Gehlot’s welfarism plank to the BJP’s sprawling WhatsApp enterprise.

Pratyush then explains his report on Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar – his controversies and his tussles with the AAP government. Pratyush says the AAP has a litany of woes against Kumar, though Kumar himself says these allegations are “false”.

Tune in.

Timecodes

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:03 - Rajasthan assembly polls

00:22:22 - Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar

00:36:11 - Recommendations

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