Lashing out at the media, the journalist-turned politician questioned whether the yoga event by the Prime Minister was more important than the lives of those lost in the hooch tragedy.
"PM Yoga can't be more important for TV than lives of poor people in Mumbai but strange are the ways of modern TV journalism! 74 people died in Mumbai hooch tragedy, no debate on TV. If it happened in Delhi by now every channel would have asked for Arvind's resignation.
Around 84 people have died until now after consuming spurious liqour in suburban Mumbai even as 34 more are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the metropolis.
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