Indraprastha Vishwa Samvad Kendra, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s media wing, handed out its annual Devrishi Narad Journalism Awards on Wednesday.
The awards function, held at Delhi’s Constitution Club of India, was attended by central minister Sanjeev Balyan, who is accused of inciting violence against Muslims, RSS publicity chief Sunil Ambekar and News18 managing editor Anand Narasimhan. It was animated by garden variety Hindutva rhetoric, with the ongoing Hindu supremacist campaign against Gyanvapi mosque featuring prominently. “Right now the Gyanvapi issue is ongoing. Some facts are coming out. I believe we should let facts come out,” Ambekar said. “I believe that the time has come to put historical facts in the right perspective.”
