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I was threatened five times: Dasmunsi

Broadcasting Minister said he had been threatened five times for trying to remove the ‘irregularities’ in TRP ratings.

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Indicating the intensity of the TV channel wars, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi on Thursday created a flutter in the Lok Sabha by saying that he had been threatened five times for trying to remove the “irregularities” in TRP ratings.

“TRP is a gameplan. In a nation of 100 crore population, meters were installed only in selected houses ignoring the entire Bihar and the northeastern region,” he said replying to the discussion of Demand for Grants of his ministry for 2008-09.

The minister said “I received threat five times,” adding that one of the BJP MPs had enlightened him about the malpractices in Television Rating Points (TRP) as that member had also received a threat.

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