Pradeep Bhandari
Born
Indore, India
EducationManipal Institute of Technology
Occupations
Employers
Notable credit(s)Janta Ka Mukadma (India news)
Lalkar (Republic TV)

Pradeep Bhandari is an Indian journalist,[1] news anchor and psephologist,[2] who is the news director of India News channel of ITV Network.[3] Earlier, he worked as the consulting editor of Republic Bharat TV.[1] He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Jan Ki Baat, a digital media platform.[3]

Education

He Completed his Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in 2012 [4]

Career

In August 2022, he was appointed as the news director of India News, a Hindi news channel under the ITV Network. He founded Jan Ki Baat, a digital media company known for predicting elections through opinion and exit polls.[5] He has made predictions for over 36 Indian elections.[3][6]

On India news, Pradeep Bhandari hosts a prime-time show called "Janta Ka Mukadama," which airs 60 minutes a day, at 8 pm weekdays.[2][3]

He gained prominence in 2020 for his reporting on the Sushant Singh Rajput's death case and was noted for his unusual reporting style.[1]

Bhandari worked as the consulting editor at Republic Media Network, before resigning in February 2021.[7] He hosted a popular show, "Lalkaar," on Republic TV.[8]

He has also taught at Pink Flower Public School and served as the Youth Wing Co-ordinator of the Thalassemia and Child Welfare Group NGO.[7]

Books

In 2019, Pradeep Bhandari released his debut book, Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero, published by Rupa Publications.

Controversies

In September 2020, Bhandari then worked as a consulting editor with Republic TV, was attacked by journalists associated with NDTV and ABP News outside the Narcotics Control Bureau office in Mumbai during coverage of the drug probe involving Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan and Rakul Preet Singh.[9] A video of the attack went viral on social media[10] in which Pradeep Bhandari was seen being pushed by a man who also attempted to slap him. The incident took place in front of a Mumbai Police team who were trying to intervene. The cause of the confrontation remains unclear as per the report of Indian Express.[11] However, according to Newslaundry, the altercation was allegedly triggered by Bhandari's provocative comments towards other journalists and his intrusion into another journalist's camera frame.[1] Later in a tweet, he called the journalists who attacked him "goons" and alleged that the individuals were "frustrated" with his coverage of the drug case being investigated by the NCB.[11]

In October 2020, Bhandari was named in a civil suit filed in the Delhi High Court by 38 production houses and film bodies. The suit alleged that Bhandari, along with Arnab Goswami and other journalists from Republic TV and Times Now, made "derogatory" remarks against Bollywood.[12][13]

In October 2020, Republic TV reported its editor Pradeep Bhandari, was illegally detained by the Mumbai Police at the Khar Police Station despite being granted anticipatory bail by a Mumbai session court.[14] Mumbai Police sources denied the allegation and stated that Bhandari was only being questioned in connection with a complaint filed against him for disobedience to an order by a public servant, assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from carrying out his duty and violating the Bombay Police Act.[15]

In February 2023, the Indian National Congress's Tripura in-charge Ajoy Kumar filed a police complaint against Pradeep Bhandari, for predicting a victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party, accusing him of violating the Model Code of Conduct.[16][17]

Reception

In October 2021, an article published on Newslaundry, written by Akhauri Avtans Chitransh criticized the reporting style of Pradeep Bhandari. The article claimed that he uses colloquial language and profanity in his reporting on television.[18] According to another source cited by Newslaundry, Bhandari's reporting style has been characterized as "provocative".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Goyal, Prateek (24 September 2020). "Republic Bharat versus everyone else: Eyewitnesses tell us what happened outside NCB office today". Newslaundry.
  2. 1 2 "India News launches new prime-time show 'Janta ka Mukadama'". Best Media Info. 19 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "अब iTV नेटवर्क में बड़ी भूमिका निभाएंगे वरिष्ठ टीवी पत्रकार प्रदीप भंडारी" (in Hindi). Samachar4media. 22 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Pradeep Bhandari | LinkedIn https://g.co/kgs/uuUqEr
  5. ↑ "Tripura: Headlines Tripura & Jan Ki Baat's Opinion Poll/ Exit poll exactly matched with Poll Results". Tripura News Live. 3 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Will Asianet News-Jan Ki Baat opinion poll predictions come true?". Asianet. 14 April 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Pradeep Bhandari quits Republic Bharat". Exchange4media. 9 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Amin, Ruhail (16 August 2019). "Truth Vs Counter Truth: Mapping the media divide on Kashmir". Exchange4media.
  9. ↑ Chaurasia, Shikha; Jha, Karishma (24 September 2020). "Mumbai: Republic TV Journalist Alleges He Was Assaulted By 'Goons' From NDTV, ABP". Punekar News.
  10. ↑ Borthakur, Pritisha (23 February 2021). "TV reporters fight on Mumbai streets; video goes viral". East Mojo.
  11. 1 2 "Journalist Pradeep Bhandari assaulted in Mumbai". Indian Express. 24 September 2020.
  12. ↑ Sinha, Bhadra (12 October 2020). "Salman, Aamir, SRK & KJo production houses move court against Arnab Goswami, Navika Kumar". The Print.
  13. ↑ "'Irresponsible reporting': Bollywood producers file suit against Republic, Times Now over 'drug mafia' coverage". Newslaundry. 12 October 2020.
  14. ↑ Uchil, Bhavna (18 March 2021). "Khar police's plea to cancel relief to Republic ex-scribe rejected". The Free Press Journal.
  15. ↑ "Republic Claims Pradeep Bhandari 'Illegally Detained'; Cops Deny". The Quint. 17 October 2020.
  16. ↑ "Tripura: Congress recordsdata grievance in opposition to Jan Ki Baat founder Pradeep Bhandari for publishing opinion ballot". Report Wire. 15 February 2023.
  17. ↑ Sen Gupta, Dipankar (15 February 2023). "Tripura Elections: Motha Chief's 'Quitting' Speech, Case Against Opinion Poll Mark End to Campaign". News Click.
  18. ↑ Avtans Chitransh, Akhauri (18 October 2021). "प्रदीप भंडारी मार्का पत्रकारिता: पत्रकारीय पेशे में कितनी नैतिकता है और कितना पाखंड" (in Hindi). Newslaundry.
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