{"id":18631,"date":"2018-08-27T11:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=18631"},"modified":"2018-08-27T12:00:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:30:39","slug":"did-arnab-goswami-call-the-people-of-kerala-shameless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-arnab-goswami-call-the-people-of-kerala-shameless\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Arnab Goswami call the people of Kerala “shameless”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 25,\u00a0Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>hosted its routine late night program ‘The Debate’<\/em> where Arnab Goswami invited panelists to discuss the Rs 700 crore relief aid that was allegedly promised to the Kerala government by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Office tweeted<\/a> on August 21 about the aid, which was later denied<\/a> by the UAE. The CM, however, stood by his claim and all eyes are now turned to the UAE-based Malayali billionaire<\/a> who was the only source of the information, as clarified by Vijayan.<\/p>\n

Goswami’s show titled ‘#FloodAidLie’<\/em> attempted to discuss the purported fake news. However, soon after it was aired, the journalist received a lot of backlash on social media as many claimed that he called the people of Kerala “shameless”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Both individual users and social media pages posted a 30-second clip of Goswami’s show where he can be heard saying,\u00a0“This group is shameless<\/strong>. It’s the most shameless bunch of Indians I have ever seen. They have gone around spreading the lie religiously. I don’t know what they get for it, whether they get paid money<\/strong>. Do they get paid money for abusing their own country? Are they part of a group? Who are they funded by? The point is it’s a conspiracy<\/strong> to malign India.”\u00a0<\/em>The video shared by Facebook page Beef Janta Party<\/a> has been shared over 2,800 times.<\/p>\n

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#OMKVArnab<\/p>\n

WOW!!<\/p>\n

Arnab Cowswamy, unofficial spokesman of the sanghis, just called the suffering people of Kerala \u201cthe most shameless bunch of Indians I have ever seen\u201d!!
\nThis is Republic’s Onam gift to Malayalis.<\/p>\n

This is why we call this sanghi hatemonger a media terrorist.<\/p>\n

Posted by Beef Janata Party<\/a> on Saturday, 25 August 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The clip is also widespread on Twitter. It has been retweeted over 500 times from C.J. Werleman’s timeline.<\/p>\n

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India: Arnab Cowswamy, unofficial spokesman of the sanghis (RSS), calls victims of Kerala floods “the most shameless bunch of Indians I have ever seen.”<\/p>\n

Kerala’s cohesive multicultural society (50% Hindu, 28% Muslim, 18% Christian) threatens the Hindu fascist project. pic.twitter.com\/C4UlQKdcbu<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) August 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many others on social media have also expressed their anger at Goswami’s alleged statements.<\/p>\n

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What is the truth?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Republic TV<\/em>\u00a0has uploaded the full version of the video<\/a> on its website. If one were to watch the minutes preceding the viral clip on social media, the show takes a dig at Congress and the Left for spreading the alleged lie of Rs 700 crore aid from UAE. Before panelists\u00a0come on screen, Goswami introduced the debate saying,\u00a0“Biggest fake news story of the year. The UAE goes on record to deny the 700 crore\u00a0flood aid fake story to Kerala. And the conspiracy<\/strong> was of the Congress party, Congress netas, trolls<\/strong>.”\u00a0<\/em>He also goes ahead to say that\u00a0Republic TV\u00a0<\/em>has “exposed the troll army deployed by Congress to promote the flood aid lie.”<\/em><\/p>\n