Al Jazeera's bereaved Gaza Bureau chief chosen as Kerala Media Academy's 'Mediaperson of the Year'
Kochi, Feb 3: Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Gaza Bureau Chief of Al Jazeera news channel, who continued to report from the war-torn enclave despite losing his wife, two children and a grandchild to Israeli bombing, has been selected for the Kerala Media Academy's 'Mediaperson of the year' award.
The award comprises Rs one lakh, a citation and a sculpture, and will be presented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, KMA said in a release today.
KMA chairman R S Babu said that Dahdouh, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Qatar, termed the award from Kerala an invaluable honour, according to the release.
Dahdouh was selected following the recommendations of an association of investigative journalists and a committee of editors of media magazines, it said.
The Palestinian journalist's wife, two children and a grandchild died in the bombing of Gaza by Israel. His cameraman too was killed in an Israeli missile attack.
Since the Hamas group's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, retaliatory action by the Israeli Defence Forces have killed over 27,000 Palestinian civilians in Gaza, several thousand among them being children below the age of 5.
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Chadha, others wouldn't have left AAP had it followed 'right' path: Anna Hazare
Mumbai (PTI): Social activist Anna Hazare has said Raghav Chadha and six other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha members would not have quit the party had it followed the "right" path.
"Everyone has the right to hold an opinion in a democracy. They (Chadha and others) must have faced some trouble, which is why they left," Hazare told reporters on Friday in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra.
AAP Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak addressed a joint press conference in Delhi on Friday, announcing their exit from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to join the BJP.
Chadha claimed that nearly two-thirds of AAP's Rajya Sabha members had quit the party and would function as a separate faction.
"It is their (AAP leadership’s) fault. Had that party followed the right way, they would not have left," Hazare said.
Hazare reiterated that Chadha and others must have faced difficulties within AAP, and that is why they left. "Had the party gone in the right direction, they would not have quit the party," he added.
"There must be some or the other reason (for their leaving AAP). In a democracy, every person has a view about where to stay and leave," Hazare said.
The Chadha-led exodus marks a significant setback for the Kejriwal-led party since its formation in 2012, which followed the momentum of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement.
