Republic TV is a free to air Indian news channel launched in May 2017. It was co-founded by and Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar, before the latter relinquished his stake in May 2019, leaving Goswami the majority stakeholder.[1] Chandrasekhar was an independent legislator from the National Democratic Alliance who later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and Goswami was the former editor-in-chief of Times Now. The venture was funded primarily by Chandrashekhar through his company Asianet News.

 

Critical reception has been negative. The channel has been accused of practicing biased reporting in favor of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and of publishing fake news. It has also been convicted of breaching Telecom Regulatory Authority of India and News Broadcasting Standards Authority rules. This, in turn, has led to censure; it has also triggered a high-profile civil defamation case filed by Indian National Congress legislator Shashi Tharoor.