Gandhinagar: During a recent press conference, Gujarat BJP State President Jagdishbhai Vishwakarma launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing them of suppressing the media and local officials to hide government failures,. Vishwakarma characterized the media as the “fourth pillar of democracy” and a “mirror to society,” but claimed that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is actively working to “crush” this mirror,. He highlighted several incidents in Punjab, including a raid on the Punjab Kesari newspaper office and the alleged physical assault of journalists by Punjab Police in Bathinda. Vishwakarma also cited the arrest of a female journalist from the Times Network in Ludhiana as an act of retaliation for reporting on the “Sheesh Mahal”—a controversial luxury residence built for the Delhi Chief Minister,. He further alleged that the AAP government uses police force to pressure media houses into not broadcasting BJP events live,. Additionally, Vishwakarma claimed that past incidents of ink or shoes being thrown at Arvind Kejriwal were “self-staged” by AAP workers to gain “cheap publicity”,.