ABN Andhrajyohty owner Vemuri Radhakrishna has been trying all kinds of 'tricks' to restore his ABN Channel in Andhra Pradesh.
The ABN news channel has been stopped in Andhra Pradesh since September 9.
Cable operators and MSOs have disconnected ABN channel without citing any reason.
Radhakrishna alleges that it was done on the directions of AP CM YS Jagan.
Radhakrishna is trying to give 'build up' as if all hell is breaking loose if people do not watch ABN channel.
He is trying to give an impression that AP people are deprived of 'news' after ABN was stopped.
However, there has been no response from general public against ban on ABN channel.
With this, Radhakrishna launched 'artificial agitation programmes' by involving some paid stringers in districts who do not get salary from media organisations for months.
These so-called journos (precisely stringers who get salary based on 'line account' of news reports they give) took to streets under the guise of journalists and raising slogans that Jagan has killed 'press freedom' in AP by banning ABN.
This paid stringers agitations could not sustain for long. Now Radhakrishna started yet another 'paid drama' to restore his channel.
He engaged some paid persons to lodge thousands of online complaints with TDSAT and TRAI to give an impression that as if thousands of people in AP are demanding restoration of ABN channel.
Andhra Jyothy has been desperately publishing all these 'paid dramas' prominently in first page headlines every day but no one is taking them seriously.
It's better Radhakrishna realises that artificial agiations and paid dramas will not work anyone in the present circumstances when social media is active and exposes everyone who indulge in irregularities.
Radhakrishna might hate Jagan. He cannot dictate people to hate Jagan because he also hates him.
He cannot expect people to believe whatever trash shown on his TV or printed in his newspaper everyday just because he hates Jagan and loves Chandrababu.
He cannot force people to love Chandrababu and support TDP just because he projects them in good light in his media.
(All views expressed in this piece are personal)