Congress alleges NewsClick raids ‘distraction from explosive findings of Bihar caste survey’

Congress alleges raids on NewsClick journalists a "fresh distraction" from explosive caste survey findings in Bihar & demand for caste census across India. Pawan Khera says PM resorts to distraction when faced with questions. Supriya Shrinate slams govt for raiding & intimidating journalists. ED earlier raided firm & Special Cell now probing based on ED's inputs.

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the raids on contributing journalists at NewsClick was a "fresh distraction" from the "explosive" findings of the caste survey in Bihar and the growing demand for a caste census across the country.

Delhi Police's Special Cell on Tuesday morning conducted raids at 30 premises connected with online portal NewsClick as well as its journalists' houses, triggering outrage among scribes.

Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said the early morning raids on contributing journalists at NewsClick comes as a "fresh distraction from the explosive findings of caste census in Bihar and the growing demand for caste census across the country".

"When he faces questions from out of syllabus, he resorts to the only counter he has in his predictable syllabus - DISTRACTION," Mr. Khera said on X.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also slammed the government over the raids.

"Despite an army of sycophants, some journalists still dare to speak the truth.But the Prime Minister has a special problem with those who speak the truth and those who ask questions," she alleged.

"So they will be raided, intimidated – but Saheb forgets that not everyone's spine is missing as is the case with sycophants," Ms. Shrinate said in a post in Hindi on X.