Is the arrest of Savukku Shankar a turn against the DMK?

May 11, 2024 • Makkal Adhikaram

In the case of YouTube Savukku Shankar, the DMK thought differently, but what is happening is different. This was giving them a major political crisis.

That is, Shankar used to give a strong opposition to the whip. On the one hand, there were reports that he was close to Edappadi Palaniswami and some money was transferred to them. How do these YouTube speakers think of themselves as media? What I don’t understand is that today’s corporate media is also indirectly doing the same. For example, Prashant Kishor has revealed that Stalin gave Rs 2600 crore to the media.

Does that mean it’s all hired work? That is what some newspapers, political party newspapers and their journalists are thinking in today’s print media. Journalism means to be neutral. There should be messages for the people.

Speak in favor of whom? Speaking against whom? How much of this is a bargain? These YouTube channels are running in Tamil Nadu. Who should be given the certificate? But some information came out through Savukku Shankar. He has been directly attacking the DMK and there is no alternative opinion in it. That’s the main reason why Shankar is so exposed.

But these YouTube supporters are talking to every party. There are lies. Some facts are also coming out. How will the common people take this? Only journalists like us can analyze this delicate matter. Even those in the media arena, to that extent, what is the truth? What lie? It cannot be examined.

Also, there are a lot of pro-DMK YouTubes and that’s what every party calls it an IT wing. It is like that for the AIADMK. The BJP has it, and all these three parties have YouTube channels. How do you take this as media? Do people who speak for a party be called a party man? No, will they say that he spoke like a neutral news channel? It’s impossible to say.

There may be one or two neutral speakers, especially if they are a little favorable to one of them. Because whatever you do, economics is very, very important here. Whether it is a political party, a magazine or a YouTube channel, 99 percent of the media is dependent on these parties, such as newspapers and television channels, YouTube channels.

Neutrality is searching, searching, and how many of them are there? You can only count on your fingers. The news industry is still unaware of this. First, the rulers turned this news department into a political party department. It would be better if it was made into another public sector rather than giving it to them. A committee should be formed for this and implemented so that fake newspapers, such unnecessary opinions, those who do not deserve it, they are also running as a newspaper and they are tarnishing this department.

Even now the Justice Raja of the Madras High Court has recorded an opinion. All of these YouTube channels would be restricted, this is not the limitation. That aside, they cannot come under the law of being journalists. Because they are talking about anyone, good or bad, right or wrong, like passersby. Similarly, we can’t talk. I can’t write. Some restrictions have been imposed for this.

Let this aside,. YouTube speaker Savukku Shankar has a comment YouTube speakers are talking. I mean, it’s his mistakes that are being pointed out the most. The mistakes are the individual’s. But Savukku Shankar was speaking against the DMK administration. That’s what people see. That’s what people are talking about now. A common opinion of the people is that the DMK has put Savukku Shankar in jail to take revenge for speaking against the atrocities committed by them.

Not only that, but now the police have broken their arm. The slapping of a cannabis case against him has created a sympathy among the people. If that is the case, then the DMK is admitting that everything that Savukku said and said is correct, these incidents are moving one after the other. The police filed a ganja case against Shankar. All this made people lose faith in the regime. This is one side,

Apart from this, if the police do wrong, they should arrest and imprison a person. But Savukku broke Shankar’s arm and hit another vehicle while taking him away, all these atrocities happened against Savukku Shankar in the police department. This only creates sympathy for Shankar among the people.

What are people talking about? If a person is arrested, he should be arrested and imprisoned. But unjust attacks in police stations and prisons are not acceptable to the people. Because the public is dependent on the police. But their behaviour is like work grazing the crop. Can you blame the police for this? Or can’t you? If so, there is definitely a case against the police in this matter. It is reported that the Human Rights Commission will register.

If a prisoner’s hand was good before going to jail and his hand was hit and broken while coming out, the police are making a mistake here. If the police do something wrong, who will arrest them? To answer this question, the officers and the police force should think about it. In other words, police officers are not the stooges of the rulers, they are the keepers of the law. That is their main duty.

But what the rulers say is a blot on the dignified responsibility of the police. They can change you anywhere or even reserve you without a job. Or you can ban your promotion. That’s all they can do. “If this is a five-year DMK, the next five years will be a different government. In such a situation, the police should act in the interest of the people in the exercise of the powers given to them. It is not acceptable to work for the rulers and political parties.

That’s not to say that the police are all at fault here. There are people who make mistakes. It is unacceptable to frame false cases against innocents and kill them and their families only if they commit such mistakes and give them severe punishment under the law. Journalism is not about writing anything and leaving. What purpose is journalism for? It’s a magazine if you realize that. Otherwise it’s not journalism.

In the same way, the main point of the People’s Power to the Police is that everyone should act from the focal point of his or her assigned duty. So, don’t make such mistakes in the future and tarnish the image of the police.