Top Right-Wing News Portals In India For Nationalists

• Panchjanya is one of the oldest right-wing publication in India started way back in 1948 by RSS pracharak Deendayal Upadhyaya
• Zee News and Republic TV are few top media channels in India that are right-wing

India is the world’s largest democracy. As compared to other democracies India has a large number of political parties. Some top names are Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Congress, TMC (Trinamool Congress), AAP (Aam Aadmi Party) etc. Every party have their own ideological leanings, some are right-wing while some are left-wing, so the news channels covering them too are divided in the same way. Here we’ll take a look at the top right-wing news portals in India.

What Is Right-wing Politics?

Right-wing politics in India is generally associated with nationalism. The right-wing believers consist of pro Hindutva and nationalist approach towards their government.

The impeccable rise of BJP has made the right-wing politics in India even more dominant on others. BJP won just 2 seats in 1984 and then in 2014 they won 282 seats with an absolute majority. In 2019, BJP single-handedly crossed 300 seats.

It is not just Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackrey too was a right-wing supporter in Maharashtra state. A government with an absolute majority had effects on both elected and non elected institutions.

We saw an Abrogation of Article 370, Farm Bills, GST (Goods & Services Tax) bill etc that were passed without any discussion or debate. So let’s take a look at the top right-wing news portals in India.

Zee News

Launched on 27 August 1999, Zee News is one of the few right-wing media companies in India. It is owned by Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group.

Subhash Chandra himself is associated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). In 2016, he was elected to the upper house representing Haryana state in Rajya Sabha elections.

Sudhir Chaudhary was the editor-in-chief of Zee news who joined the India Today Group. The company is headquartered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh which is a stronghold of BJP.

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Republic TV

After Zee News, the Republic TV is the only mainstream media company that is pure right-wing. It is also one of the newest media companies in India founded in 2017.

Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar co-founded it but the latter exited in 2019 by relinquishing all his stakes in the company. After exiting Rajeev Chandrasekhar soon joined Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). In Rajya Sabha he represents BJP from Karnataka.

Former Times Now journalist Arnab Goswami himself is a pro nationalist man. On multiple occasions he was heckled by the left-wing supporters including Kunal Kamra.

Panchjanya – An RSS Weekly Magazine

RSS stands for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Panchjanya is the weekly magazine published by this right-wing organisation since 1948. RSS pracharak Deendayal Upadhyay launched it just one year after the India’s Independence.

RSS is often regarded as the parent organisation of Bhartiya Janta Party. This itself explains why Panchjanya is a right-wing magazine. One can also visit the website of Panchjanya to get the latest news in a typical right-wing form.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the first editor of Panchjanya who also co-founded the Bhartiya Janta Party. Most of the BJP leaders are members of RSS and so was Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

TFIPost

Founded by Atul Mishra in 2012, TFIPost is another pure right-wing news portal in India. The Facebook page of TFI has more than 1.2 million followers. This right-wing media outlet reaches out to more than 100 million users a month.

TFIPost is an opinion/analysis content website that keeps check on India’s politics. It is visited by 8 million users a month. If you want to wear your nationalism then you can buy apparels from TFIStore too.

The TFIPost is no different than the OpIndia and Swarajya, both are right-wing news portals. Even though it is a right-wing it is one of the most visited news websites in India.

OpIndia

In December 2014, Rahul Raj and Kumar Kamal founded the OpIndia. It is a pure right-wing news portal that is dedicated to criticism of liberal media. OpIndia is a unit of Aadhyaasi Media and Content Services which also used to own Swarajya.

Kaut Concepts Management Pvt Ltd which owns TFIPost owns 98% stakes in OpIndia. Its CEO Rahul Roushan and Nupur J Sharma owns 1% each in OpIndia.

Former Infosys executives T.V. Mohandas Pai and Narayan Murthy were investors in Kovai Media Pvt Ltd which acquired OpIndia in 2016 but in 2018 OpIndia became a seperate entity under new management which is at present. Swarajya is a right-wing portal owned by the Kovai Media.

Swarajya

Owned by Kovai Media Pvt Ltd as we discussed earlier, Swarajya is a right-wing portal started in 1956 by C. Rajagopalachari. In case you don’t know, C Rajagopalachari was the first Indian Governor General of India.

In 1972, C. Rajagopalachari died and soon after his death Swarajya popularity declined. In 1980, the magazine finally shut its shop. But in 2014, it was relaunched by Kovai Media Pvt Ltd. New management purchased the magazine rights with 40,000 pages that were published earlier and retained its original logo.

In 2018, Swarajya started hindi edition to gain more popularity and expand its reach. R. Jagannathan is the current editorial director of Swarajya. He is a renowned journalist and you can find him on Twitter and live debates on news channels.

Organiser Weekly

Like Panchjanya, Organiser Weekly too traces back its origin to 1947. A few weeks before partition this magazine was started. Eminent personalities like A.R. Nair, K.R. Malkani, L.K. Advani were associated with this magazine. L.K. Advani was the topmost BJP leader who paved way for Narendra Modi.

In 2014, Organiser was relaunched as a weekly magazine under Bharat Prakashan Delhi Limited. Panchjanya is owned by RSS and so the Organiser is. Organiser always professed the claim of Independence from RSS but it never worked out for believers.

So These Were Top Right-wing News Portals In India. If You’re A Nationalist Then Start Reading Them.

Ideological Leanings Of Indian Media Houses

Above we have discussed about right-wing media outlets in India. In the below image you can see the ideological leanings of media houses you read. Look closely and you’ll find all major media outlets of India in this image.