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All the people commenting have been sidelined , hence the angst!! If they were being silenced, then how come they are talking against the BJP government with impunity, it is very clear these so called self proclaimed custodians of free media are full of BS….
If i will businessman i will buy whole media if there is modi or yogi.❤
This Channel is only existing because of indian democracy. If bjp government will just take this channel your channel will removed if indian population report.
But this channel is safe due to democracy.
😂😂 cry hard
We need to focus in removing the corrupt power of Israel has over united states, Israel are corrupting united states
Indian media is the most spineless media in the world 🌎🌎
When was the last time AJ reported news in their own country 🤣🤣
Al Jazeera is qutar media…they don't publish news of their own country…
Making white man reading teleprompter don't make it trustable unbiased news😂😂😂😂
Al-Jazeera speaking of press freedom and narrative peddling 😂😂😂😂
Is Oman a democratic country?… I think the hepocrates like Alz reporters are making propiagenda vedio on Indian democracy 😅😅
All media is corrupt in India
Fake news one sided against government
Gave fake statement of paying 100000 khatakhat cash to voters by congress other wise seats will be more lesser for congress but still opposition BJP and it's alliance won consecutive 3 rd time
Fake news wale
NO THERE NO BACK FIRE IN BHARATS ELECTION….BUT RATHER USA n UK CABAL INTERFERANCE BY GIVING HUGH SUMS OF MONEY TO THE INDIAN CABAL UNDER THEIR CONTROL KHANGRESS n OTHER REGIONAL PARTIES SUCH AS AKHILESH, TEJAS YADAV, KEJRIVAL, RAHUL KHAN, ANTONIO MAINO n HER DAUGHTER P VADRA ALL NAFARIOUS CHARACTERS IN BHARAT, KNOWN AS ENEMY WITHIN n PAID BY THE WEST KAZARINES WERE FOUND TO BE PAYING ELECTRATES £85 FOR THEIR VOTES IN UP n OTHER DISTRICTS….SO ITS ANOTHER FOREIGN INTERFERANCE JUST LIKE IN 2019 USA ELECTION WHEN TRUMP WON 90% OF THE VOTES, YET CABAL INSTALLED BIDEN AS PRESIDENT!!!….SO PLEASE SPEAK THE TRUTH n STOP PEDDLING LIES AROUND THE WORLD 4 ITS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO ARE SCRUMS IN THIS WORLD ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS………..
I'm proud of the country that has public toilets available everywhere and can be used by anyone without even paying a penny.
I'm proud of a country where each vote of every citizen is counted to elect its Prime Minister.
I'm extremely proud of a country where you get water to drink for free in restaurants without paying for it.
I'm extremely proud a country which has lifted enormous people out of poverty in the last 75-80 years and tried its best to not make most of the poor homeless and instead every government had tried to build the houses for the poor.
I'm extremely proud of the country whose citizens may move to foreign lands but still they work hard there to send money back home to their parents.
I'm extremely proud of the country that is exporting human resource to different parts of the world to develop their economy without differentiating and being racist to any humans on this planet.
I'm extremely proud of a country that buys cars for the entire family rather than just buying it for 1 person and wasting the fuel and burdening the human race.
I'm extremely proud of a country that is providing medicine which is really affordable to every citizen without developing something only for the rich: I love how indians think because when they develop something they just keep the poorest of the poor in their mind.
Westerners and Qatar media should shut its mouth because first you guys need to give freedom to your own citizens and then you can speak or involve in other countries internal politics
Ha.. Ha..Al. Jazeera on Democracy 😂😂😂
Media anchor Arnab has prooved himself as a bootlicker godi media sold himself without media ethics
Al Jazeera has got this false impression that they are free….In reality they are as good as Indian drama news channels….
How many times Al Jazeera has showed the origin of terrorism, exploitation of workers in the Middle East, poverty around muslim world, women's education in ME, ……
The Votes received by Modi is 1.5 crore or 15 millions more than what he got in 2019.
And the main opposition is has got 10 crore or 100 million less votes than him….
With that Modi still has the majority in the parliament….
Lastly Indians as a voter have matured…. They vote based on leader now… Because in states where opposition is in power there also modi got more votes example Karnataka…
Lastly Al Jazeera a country ruled by monarch and themselves control their media … Is teaching India…
When you earn more dollars you learn hypocrisy 😂
Lastly Nobody believes the news media in India… So these channels aren't capable of manipulating the elections…
When will Qatar have democratic elections ? When will you vouch for elections in Qatar ? Only after you do so you get the right to comment on Indian elections. You have problems with Hindu nationalists in India, but what about changing rules of your country to include people of other religions in running your country ?
Never trust AJ
Well done Narendra Modi 🇮🇳❤✌
modi ajit shah devendra fadnavis ajit pawar eknath shinde out of INDIAN Politics
It's easyvto comment on Indians election. But it's 1,4 billion people's democracy. Don't forget that. Try managing even one fourth of its size democratic exercise and then comment. It looks laughable when western media comments😂😂
Hateful Relegious people are the reason india is still a third world country. Modi is a dictator. May god save democracy in India.
Now it is a coalition government. Modi and his party could not get clear majority so they are bound to join hands with other parties to form government. So it is not Modi government or BJP government, it is NDA government.
Al Jazeera has been criticized for its coverage of India, it's important to consider different viewpoints and form your own informed opinion based on a variety of sources. They are reporting something positive about India and it's people it is weird! As an Indian, I can say this is the best news channel in the world from the bottom when it comes to authenticity and truth.