In politics, equations can change quickly. Last week, as many as 16 opposition parties submitted a notice to Rajya Sabha Chariman M Venkaiah Naidu demanding a short duration discussion on media freedom. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy were among the signatories. On Monday, senior television journalist Barkha Dutt accused Congress MP Kapil Sibal and his wife on Twitter of threatening to sack 200 employees of a television channel they promote. Opposition sources said they were preparing for a fiery debate with several from the treasury benches likely to attack the MP on

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