Two Reporters fired for reporting Delhi’s water crisis

by Shivani Pandya · June 15, 2016

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Arvind Dwivedi the reporter of Dainik jagran was forced to resign and his manager was forced to accept the letter of resignation according to the source.

Sunday he had reported that a few women were engaged in fisticuffs for collecting water in Mahipalpur in Delhi with photos and videos:

Women fighting for water in Delhi . it is developing Delhi @ajaymaken @Sharmistha_GK @GauravPandhi @WithCongPunjab pic.twitter.com/r54IMpp44u

— Raju Sharma (@55429Raju) June 12, 2016

After a few hours, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made a Tweet to his Water Minister Kapil Mishra to probe the incident:

Kapil Mishra, what is this? Pl visit this area today n report back pic.twitter.com/8HoccQCrbN

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 12, 2016

He tweeted “Is this Journalism?, ” with his Minister Kapil Mishra’s questionnaire to the reporter:

This is absolutely shocking. Is this journalism? https://t.co/jCAgdltPde

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 12, 2016

Mishra has claimed that the reporter from Jagran newspaper had published a ‘misleading’ report based on a WhatsApp video without confirming about it neither from the people in the video nor the local MLA.

Dainik Jagran reporter Arvind Dwived was forced to accept the resignation On Monday afternoon . Was the media house doing a face-saving gesture by offering him an option to work outside Delhi? This was in response to tweets by tweeters like @mediacrooks and others. What was Dwivedi’s fault? Of reporting news? Is that not his job?

Today (Jun 15th), After the outrage in Social Media, Dainik Jagran changed its stance and decided to give his old job back. We hear that Arvind is going to be staying in Delhi. All is well that ends well.

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