HYD park in association with the Press Club of Hyderabad organized 'In Conversation -session with Dr. Sanjaya Baru, media advisor to Manmohan Singh when he was PM and Indian political commentator, policy analyst at Saptaparni, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Interactive session on "Modi and the media", Sanjaya Baru in conversation with Karri Sriram held.
Mr. Baru said the present government had assumed a hostile attitude towards its critics, and expressed hope that it would learn, as it was simply ‘ill-advised’. Mr. Modi’s problem was either he had ‘contempt’ for Delhi media, or he didn’t know how to get through to it.
"If you have a media strategy, you don’t need to have a media manager. If you don’t, you can hire one," he remarked, while answering a question by his interlocutor Sriram Karri. Media is not a homogenous entity, and the big mistake that the BJP as a party has made is to unnecessarily malign the media on the whole, due to its anger against a few, Mr. Baru said, and took strong objection to Minister V.K. Singh coining the term ‘presstitutes’, which is misogynistic. Admitting that corruption has reduced after the present government has taken over, he said a lot of hostility towards government is due to badmouthing of the media.
Press Club Hyderabad President, Ravikanth Reddy and Executive Committee Member Raghu Duggu were also Present. Duggu Raghu presented Sapling boke to Sanjaya Baru.
