India slams Al Jazeera over Project Tiger, calls it "hate-driven, propaganda media"
India slams Al Jazeera over Project Tiger calling it a "hate-driven, propaganda media" when India is the only country where the tiger population is growing as compared to others.
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New Delhi, April 10: Over Project Tiger, Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav lashed out at a media report by Al Jazeera that claimed India's tiger conservation strategies were "deeply influenced" by American environmentalism and led to uprooting numerous communities that had lived in the forests for millennia.
Yadav, Union minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, said the critical report was a result of the "heartburn" experienced by a "hate-driven, propaganda media" when “India is the only country where tiger population is growing.”
"India is the only country where tiger population is growing as opposed to other nations, where it has either stagnated or is declining. So, only natural for ‘hate-driven, propaganda media’ Al Jazeera to experience heartburn," the minister said in a tweet and posted a clip of the report.
India is the only country where tiger population is growing as opposed to other nations, where it has either stagnated or is declining.
— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) April 10, 2023
So, only natural for ‘hate-driven, propaganda media’ Al Jazeera to experience heartburn. pic.twitter.com/BQnPyoqqP7
"Some day, if Al Jazeera left propaganda and did journalism, it will be able to appreciate that India’s tiger agenda is inclusive and successful because of the participation of local communities. Our Tiger Reserves generate employment of over 50 L man-days annually for the locals," he added.
The article titled "As tiger count grows, India's Indigenous demand land rights" took a critical view of India's tiger conservation strategy after PM Narendra Modi announced that the country's tiger population has steadily grown to over 3,000 since its flagship conservation program began 50 years ago.
Project Tiger began in 1973 after a census of the big cats found India’s tigers were fast going extinct through habitat loss, unregulated sport hunting, increased poaching and retaliatory killing by people.
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