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>[bJP News] Sangh Parivar man plans Sudarshan TV channel to beam

>patriotism

>Thu, 6 May 2004 13:19:38 -0500

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>Sangh Parivar man plans Sudarshan TV channel to beam patriotism

>ANURADHA RAMAN

>May 4, 2004

>http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_full_story.php?content_id=46290

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>NEW DELHI, MAY 3: This is the closest the Sangh Parivar has come to

>launching a television news channel of its own. Suresh Kanderao

>Chavanke, president of the Hedgewar Sanskar Kendra (Shirdi),

>patronised by the RSS, is planning a digital channel to whip 90

>million television households into a patriotic frenzy.

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>In Shirdi, where Chavanke is the member of several social-cultural

>organisations, RSS workers said this was what the organisation had

>wanted for a long time. ‘‘Chavanke approached us with his plans and

>left us impressed," says Tinubhai Bhatia, local sangh chief. The

>Hedgewar Sanskar Samiti is one of numerous socio-cultural

>organisations patronised by the RSS. ‘‘The channel is not a

>commercial venture and the country requires a marg darshak

>(guide)," says Bhatia.

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>The promotional literature on Sudarshan TV displays photographs of

>Godhra, Babri Masji demolition and riots in Mumbai. It even has a

>Mission 2006 statement: ‘‘Is rashtra ko punah vishwa gurupad par

>virajmaan karna hai (India has to be restored as a superpower).

>Sangh icons are Shivaji, Maharana Pratap, Laxmibai, Veer Sawarkar

>and a poster of Ram, the inspiration behind the Ram Janmaboomi

>movement.

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>The managing director of the channel, christened Sudarshan

>Chavanke, promises his channel will be powerful. ‘‘Yeh ek akramak

>vishay hoga, (this will be a powerful issue)," promises Chavanke.

>To begin with, he pledges to convert you into a roaring lion if you

>take time off to watch his patriotic Sudarshan channel and will

>restore pride in Indian youth.

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>His application to start a news and current affairs channel is

>pending clearance from the government. Chavanke accuses ‘‘so-called

>youth channels of failing to mention Veer Sawarkar, Subhash Chandra

>Bose or Gandhi."

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>The Sudarshan channel, says Chavanke, will convert them from mewing

>bakras to snarling shers as it will be guided by the three

>objectives of Dev, Desh and Dharma, and not by the usually

>acceptable parameters of TRPs and bottomlines. Chavenke says his

>channel has a mission — nation-buidling — which no channel in the

>country can boast of. And he proceeds to demonstrate just how. For

>starters, the channel will teach the meaning of dharma to youth

>before it gets into a serious discussion of whether the Taj Mahal

>was built by Shah Jahan or was it actually a temple. ‘‘We will have

>all facts ready to prove it was actually a temple," says Chavenke.

>He stops questions on religion by posting his answer. ‘‘Everyone

>belongs to this country and should take pride in it. My channel is

>not anti-Muslim or anti-Christian,’’ he says, promising it will

>take up controversial issues from time to time.

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>Steering clear from issues such as funding of the channel, but not

>quite moving away from provoking the viewer, Chavanke says it will

>subsist on charity from well-wishers. ‘‘We are positioning

>ourselves as a patriotic channel and I don’t say anyone posing a

>threat to our position miles around," says Chavanke.

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>His aide in the office informs that the channel will have sants and

>mahapurushas as advisors. And Sudarshan TV, the aide helpfully

>adds, has nothing to do with the RSS Sarsanghchalak Sudarshan. It

>just means good/positive viewing. Now that’s what’s called

>coincidence.

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