‘Neutral journalist’ Ravish Kumar to be awarded by Chhattisgarh’s Congress government

NDTV Managing Editor Ravish Kumar (image: Lokmat news)

NDTV India Managing Editor Ravish Kumar, who is widely glorified as a ‘neutral’ journalist who speaks truth to the power, will be awarded by Congress-led Chhattisgarh government for his role as a ‘journalist’.

Chhattisgarh Foundation Day awards list (image: haribhoomi.com)

Chhattisgarh is celebrating its 20th foundation day as 3-day Rajyotsav where 23 people from various fields will be recognised. NDTV India’s Ravish Kumar will be felicitated by Congress government of Chhattisgarh on 3rd November, 2019 where he will be awarded Pt Madhavrao Sapre Creative award in journalism.

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Ravish Kumar, who had recently taken to Facebook to mock Hindi language journalists for reporting on the Deepotsav was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award last month. He had also blamed ‘Modi, the dictator’ for people not wanting to watch his mediocre shows anymore.

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia