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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 247: Gujarat elections, Republic TV land deal
Description: This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as Akanksha Kumar is joined by Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari. Basant kicks off the podcast by talking about the ongoing election season in Gujarat, the ground realities of the Gujarat model, unemployment, Narendra Modi’s image, and unkept promises such as those surrounding the sugar mill in Kodinar. He explains how the closing down of one mill has compelled farmers to grow less profitable crops as compared to sugarcane. Ayush then details how the Yogi Adityanath government gave Republic TV a plot in Noida...