Supporters of the Underachiever Singh in Congress burn the Times of India newspaper to protest an article published in the US-based Time News Magazine.
About 30 Youth Congress members assembled in front of the US Consulate in the city and tore up some pages of Times of India, under the impression that Time Magazine was part of the Times of India Group of publications. The agitation was led by Youth Congress Central Chennai District Secretary Ramkumar, in which YC workers from South and North Chennai districts also participated.
Despite being a wing of the National Party, the Congress, they were not aware that Time Magazine was a US-based weekly. Mediapersons and photographers drew the attention of the agitators that the magazine was published from the US and did not belong to the Times of India Group. But it only fell in deaf ears. They were arrested by the police and released later. Their protest was against an article in Time magazine's Asia edition of 10-17 July 2012 week that described Dr Singh as an 'underachiever'.
The magazine claimed that the Prime Minister appears 'unwilling to stick his neck out' on reforms that will put the country back on growth path. In 2010, the magazine listed Dr Singh among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Times of India mistaken for Time magazine - Chennaionline News
About 30 Youth Congress members assembled in front of the US Consulate in the city and tore up some pages of Times of India, under the impression that Time Magazine was part of the Times of India Group of publications. The agitation was led by Youth Congress Central Chennai District Secretary Ramkumar, in which YC workers from South and North Chennai districts also participated.
Despite being a wing of the National Party, the Congress, they were not aware that Time Magazine was a US-based weekly. Mediapersons and photographers drew the attention of the agitators that the magazine was published from the US and did not belong to the Times of India Group. But it only fell in deaf ears. They were arrested by the police and released later. Their protest was against an article in Time magazine's Asia edition of 10-17 July 2012 week that described Dr Singh as an 'underachiever'.
The magazine claimed that the Prime Minister appears 'unwilling to stick his neck out' on reforms that will put the country back on growth path. In 2010, the magazine listed Dr Singh among the 100 most influential people in the world.
Times of India mistaken for Time magazine - Chennaionline News
