{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/642e5f3dbe8408001190136f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Reporters Without Orders Ep 266: Howrah’s Ram Navami violence, Madhya Pradesh recruitment scam","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ec246dc70f8f107de229629/1645827487952-8062f152f24638e2b8fc1418bed6ee64.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by <em>Newslaundry</em>’s Prateek Goyal and freelance journalist Snigdhendu Bhattacharya.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Snigdhendu had <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/04/04/bengal-violence-before-rallies-flouted-police-guidelines-organisers-disagreed-with-schedule\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> on the Ram Navami violence in Howrah and how the Hindutva outfits that had organised rallies “went against the set guidelines” issued by the police. He says large-scale celebrations of this sort intensified in the state only in the last five or six years, coinciding with the rise of the RSS and BJP.</p><p><br></p><p>Prateek then explains <a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/30/madhya-pradesh-hired-people-close-to-rss-for-govt-jobs-skipping-actual-applicants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">his report</a> on how the Madhya Pradesh government skipped procedure to recruit people close to the RSS for government jobs. The authorities feigned ignorance, he says, even as the chief minister attended a training programme for these new recruits.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Tune in!&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Timecodes</strong></p><p>00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>00:01:23 - Ram Navami violence in Bengal</p><p>00:09:10 - Madhya Pradesh scam</p><p>00:26:14 - Ram Navami violence in Bengal</p><p>00:42:56 - Recommendations</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Recommendations</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Prateek</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81512107\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Caught Out: Crime. Corruption. Cricket.</a></p><p><strong>Snigdhendu</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.amazon.in/Bells-Shangri-Scholars-Spies-Invaders/dp/938832692X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bells of Shangri-La</a></p><p><strong>Basant</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/03/30/madhya-pradesh-hired-people-close-to-rss-for-govt-jobs-skipping-actual-applicants\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Madhya Pradesh hired people close to RSS for govt jobs, skipping actual applicants</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/04/05/the-dreamers-in-danger-at-gujarats-gateway-to-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The dreamers in danger at Gujarat’s gateway to US</a></p><p><strong><em>Produced by Tehreem Roshan, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Umrav Singh.&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Newslaundry.com"}