NBA furious over Arvind Kejriwal's 'paid' media comment

New Delhi, Mar 17:

's alleged comments on the media has irked the News Broadcasters Association (NBA), who on Sunday expressed shocked and said that if the

did not exercise caution, the NBA will be forced to reconsider the coverage of the AAP.

In a statement, the NBA said that it was shocked over AAP's objectionable comments where Kejriwal and his supporters said that the election media was being paid by political parties to put forth the agendas of the political parties before the Lok Sabha election.

The NBA also reminded Kejriwal and AAP that the electronic media was 'independent and performed its responsibilities in a fair, transparent and balanced manner and that the party must not make any 'unsubstantial or unverified' claims at the electronic media.

Arvind Kejriwal a few days back had said in an interview to a news channel that the media was paid by political parties and that was the reason why the AAP was being shown in bad light and some corrupt political leaders were being praised.

With PTI inputs

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