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Mumbai, Sep 8: Sumana Nandy, a journalist working in Arnab Goswami’s Republic TV has resigned from the job, upset over the way the channel was covering Gauri Lankesh’s death.

Recently, Republic TV took a Twitter poll “Should the Opposition blaming RSS & BJP share the evidence on #WhoKilled Gauri?”

Sumana lashed out against the channel and even accused it of 'batting for a rogue government'.

In a Facebook post, she shared a screenshot of the poll and wrote:

I have always been proud of the organisations I have worked with in my extremely small career in journalism. But today I am ashamed! An 'independent' news organisation is now batting for a rogue government. And openly so.
A journalist is murdered in cold blood days after receiving death threats from the BJP-RSS cadres. And instead of questioning these murderers, you question the opposition? Where is the integrity? Where are we heading? Some 'journalists' are even celebrating the massacre (that she brought it on herself.) Well, yes! This is what happens in Saudi Arabia and North Korea. We are just a few more deaths away from catching up with these countries.
If the fourth pillar sells its soul, where will the society go?

We have failed you, ma'am. All I know, you are probably in a much much better place.

P.S.: For whatever it is worth and whatever significance it has, I have decided to not put Republic TV as one of my employers on my CV and on social media. I regret my association with this rogue organisation.