Rajdeep Sardesai on Ashutosh, his former colleague

Ashutosh, the AAP leader, is an esteemed former colleague. He is also someone with a mind of his own.

The problem is: "independence" in journalism becomes a liability in politics where you have to toe the official line.

Not surprisingly then that Ashutosh's blog has embarrassed the AAP at a time when it is on the back foot on the sex CD involving its former minister. Ashutosh's provocative blog may have stirred a healthy debate if he were an edit page writer, but in politics it only makes the AAP look even more compromised. Lesson?

Journalists have to give up their journalistic instincts once they become netas. Having said that, don't know why the NCW needs to get into this political controversy.

Aren't there bigger better things for the commission to do on women's issues than be troubled by a blog?

Here is our last night's talking point on India Today TC.

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