JNU is back in the news. But is that really the story? TV Newsance 327

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For a brief moment in this new year, Indian TV news experienced a glitch in the matrix.
Anchors questioned power. Ministers looked uncomfortable. Accountability briefly entered the chat.

It didn’t last.

After reports emerged that people in Indore had died after consuming sewage-contaminated water, NDTV editor Anurag Dwary asked a simple question to a BJP minister. Instead of answers, he got mockery and abuse. The clip went viral everywhere — except on NDTV’s own primetime shows.

As the country processed the deaths of 20 people in Indore, including a five-month-old baby, primetime TV quickly returned to safer ground.
A familiar villain.
A familiar script.
JNU was back.
So was the ‘Tukde-Tukde’ gang.

Unsurprisingly, TV news decided 2026 was the perfect year to relaunch another instalment of the ‘Tukde-Tukde’ franchise. Same outrage, same keywords, same anchors, only the calendar date had changed. Ten years after the original JNU controversy, unresolved cases, disputed videos, and unanswered questions didn’t matter. The villain was familiar, the template reliable, and the distraction effective.

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