Who Is Rubika Liyaquat? News Anchor Quits Bharat 24 As Vice President

Senior Journalist and News Anchor Rubika Liyaquat has quit Bharat 24. She was associated with ABP News for over five years and joined Bharat 24 as Vice President. She worked Bharat 24 for around six months. 

Bharat 24's CEO and Editor in Chief Jagdish Chandra confirmed Liyaquat's resignation. He said, "The channel has accepted her resignation with a heavy heart. We respect her decision. Rubika's tenure of almost 6 months at Bharat 24 has been wonderful, but at times Rubika naturally felt that the platform of Bharat 24, a startup channel, was relatively small for her”

Who Is Rubika Liyaquat?

Rubika Liyaquat made news after she questioned Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Azad Singh. During the heated interview, Liyaquat accused AAP of having hidden motives while going against the centre’s controversial agricultural bill. She asked Azad if AAP was against the bill then why they notified the same bill in the assembly. This discussion took place after Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, tore the bill apart in parliament. Azad also attacked Liquat for being part of an alleged sold out media, to which Liyaquat gave stern replies.

Here are some facts you must know about Rubika Liyaquat.

• She is a Hindi news anchor working at ABP news.
• She has been accused of siding with the current government’s alleged anti-muslim attitude.
• Liyaquat recently defended Madhya Pradesh government’s love jihad bill on prime time news.
• In 2008, she started working as a journalist at News 24.
• Hailing from Udaipur, Liyaquat went to University Of Mumbai for higher studies
• She recently made a claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is only a week away, her statement was heavily criticized.
• Rana Ayyub, an Indian journalist, wrote an article for The Washington Post in which she listed television news shows that are part of her hall of shame. Liyaquat’s show was part of that list.
• She was among the five journalists nominated by Sambit Patra, a spokesperson for BJP, to make a contribution in PM CARES fund. The fund was intended to help Indians suffering from the losses induced by the pandemic. Rubika publicly announced her contribution.