After 'Crushing Electronic Media' Remark, Shinde Does A U-Turn, Says He Was Referring To Social Media

MAHARASHTRA: After threatening to "crush" the electronic media, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde did a U-turn, claiming he was referring to the social media and not journalists.

"I have recording of my speech. I was referring to social media and the violence incited against students from the northeast in Hyderabad and Karnataka. My comments were not about journalism", he said.

Shinde had stoked a controversy on Sunday evening by threatening to "crush" the electronic media, alleging a section of it was unnecessarily provoking the Congress by indulging in "false propaganda" against it.

The outburst by Shinde, a Congress leader who hails from Maharashtra's Solapur district, came at a Youth Congress event.

Shinde, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Solapur, alleged that since the last four months a section of the electronic media was "manipulating" news about him and his party.

The video footage of his remarks along with his clarification were aired by news channels.

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