Listen "Reporters Without Orders Ep 306: Land deals in Ayodhya, BJP’s data collection app"
Episode Synopsis
This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Ayush Tiwari from Scroll and independent journalist Srishti Jaswal.Ayush reported on shady land deals in Ayodhya, where a firm linked to the BJP sold ecologically sensitive land to the Adani group. He explains how there have been other “crazy” land deals over the past years.Srishti talks about her report on the BJP’s data collection app, Saral, and what the party hopes to achieve from it. She says data manipulation in India is “too easy”.Tune in!Timecodes00:00:00 - Introduction00:01:20 - Land deals in Ayodhya00:20:41 - Data collection in India00:44:55 - RecommendationsRecommendationsSrishtiFaiz Ahmad FaizAyushThe windfall gains made in the name of the Ram templeYour Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know ItBasantIn Ayodhya, firm linked to BJP leaders sold ecologically sensitive land to Adani – for a big profitAyodhya: Temple is inaugurated, ‘Balak Ram’ consecrated. What next?Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, and recorded by Anil Kumar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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