Update (01 December 2022): Ravish Kumar on 01 December 2022, uploaded a video on his YouTube channel announcing his resignation from NDTV. Media reports on his resignation from NDTV can be read here, here, here.
In the context of Adani Group acquiring a 29.18% stake in television channel NDTV Ltd, a post is being widely shared claiming that the senior executive editor of ‘NDTV India’ quit the news channel. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post
Claim: Journalist Ravish Kumar quit ‘NDTV India’ after Adani group acquired 29.18% stake in NDTV Ltd.
Fact: In a tweet from his official twitter handle on 24 August 2022, Ravish Kumar clarified that the speculation about his resignation are just rumours. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE
We searched with the relevant keywords and found a tweet made on the official twitter handle of Ravish Kumar on 24 August 2022. In this tweet, he clarified that the speculation about his resignation are just rumours.
Newspapers reports regarding the same issue can be seen here and here
To sum it up, Ravish Kumar clarified that he dit not quit NDTV following Adani’s acquisition of 29.18% stake in NDTV Ltd.
