The veteran journalist who is currently running his own news portal in Hindi revealed that media coverage of the hijack incident created undue pressure on the central government and they had to accept the demands of the hijackers, which included the release of three terrorists.
India Today journalist later tried to defend herself by saying they were not Congress workers but the 'people of Prayagraj' and she was not feeding them words but was telling them what Rahul Gandhi had to say about it