India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma revealed that he was sent to Tihar jail throughout the Emergency imposed by the then Indira Gandhi authorities in 1975. Rajat Sharma additionally divulged that he was beaten up by the police earlier than his arrest, the scars of which exist until date.
Speaking in ‘ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash’, the India TV Chairman mirrored upon his preliminary days as a pupil and the struggles he confronted earlier than stepping into the sector of journalism.
Upon being requested how his childhood and household was like, he mentioned, “I was born in a very poor family. There was no water or tap at home, so I used to go to a street tap to take a bath. We used to bring two buckets of water for mother and sister. Those were tough days.”
Rajat Sharma on Emergency
Responding to the query if his father knew that he was slowly getting inclined in the direction of politics, the Chairman mentioned that it was the time when the JP motion had began within the nation in 1974.
“That was the time in the country when the JP movement was getting started. I underwent a transition after meeting Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel and I joined the JP movement. When the Emergency was imposed, people did not know that such big leaders were in jail and their rights had been snatched. We planned to print a newspaper named ‘Mashaal’. One day, when I was doing it in the candlelight, the police raided. They made me sit on a chair and tied my legs to a chair in front. I still have an assault scar on my legs. The next day, they produced me before a Magistrate court and sent me to Tihar Jail. That is a very painful story,” he mentioned.
(With ANI inputs)
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