More senior officials stepped down, says India broadcaster NDTV

• Shubham
• 13 January, 2023

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By: Shubham Ghosh

New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) said on Friday (13) that some more of its senior executives, including president Suparna Singh, had stepped down, a move that comes less than a month after the Adani Group took control of about 65 per cent of the popular Indian broadcaster, Reuters reported.

NDTV’s chief strategy officer Arijit Chatterjee, and chief technology and product officer Kawaljit Singh Bedi also quit.

The resignations came after founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy left the company’s board last month.

That was also when the Roys sold most of their stake in the broadcaster to the Adani Group, giving the billionaire Gautam Adani-led conglomerates control over it four months after it launched a takeover attempt.

The ports-to-energy conglomerate’s takeover had stoked fears over the freedom of the press among some journalists and led to Ravish Kumar, a senior executive editor at NDTV, quitting soon after Adani acquired its stake.