New Delhi, 28 April 2022: The Exchange4Media organised the first edition of “Top 50 Party Spokespersons Awards” on 28th April in New Delhi, with the intention to acknowledge and felicitate political spokespersons in India, who bear the brunt of the activities of the political parties, anchors and the audience.
The event was graced by the presence of esteemed and credible spokespersons including Anurag Bhadoria, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Charu Pragya, Shweta Shalini, Shazia Ilmi, Dr Anurag Batra, founder and chairman, Exchange4Media, Gajanan Mali, founder, parichowk.com among many others.
The event began with a debate on the ‘Defending the Indefensible, taking a stand where there is none”. Shama Mohamed, Congress Spokesperson said that being indefensible does not exist. There is always a stand and her perspective is to defend the party.
While Jyotsna Tirunagari, TDP spokesperson sternly maintained that a spokesperson should be convincing and not compelling.
The spokespersons also discussed the lack of content and more noise in news channel debates. Shweta Shalini, BJP Spokesperson believed that a spokesperson is an amplifier, they amplify the thought process of the party.
She added that the quality of spokespersons has deteriorated with the increased number of news channels. Inexperienced spokespersons have paved their way in politics with decreased bandwidth of spokespersons, argued the panel.
When the spokespersons were asked about whom they look upto, Sudhanshu Trivedi, BJP Spokesperson and Nalin Kohli, BJP Spokesperson were the common names they talked about.
The spokespersons unanimously stated that Hindu-Muslim debates and communal riots are the most boring and exhausted topic for debates that they do not look forward to. Instead the news channels should focus on more productive and urgent issues such as Inflation, Petrol Price Hikes and many others.
Towards the end of the event, the rankings of the spokespersons were revealed with BJP Spokesperson Shudhanshu Trivedi at the first position, followed by, Sambit Patra, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Gaurav Bhatia, Abhishek Singhvi in the Top 5.
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