Source is next to God for a Journalist- On basis of source

Gustakhi Maaf Haryana-Pawan Kumar Bansal.

Source is next to God for a Journalist- On basis of source I wrote that then Haryana CM Manohar Lal had delayed flagship program of PM Modi for providing pure drinking water in rural areas.

Salute to my sources.For a Journalist, source is next to God .On the basis of my five decades’ experience as an investigative journalist, I can say that a source is the strength of any journalist.
How to cultivate a source ?
No rocket science nor will you find its exact answer from Google or ChatGPT..Nor it is taught in Universities.
Credibility of publishing the information given by the source and protecting his identity are the only two ingredients for becoming a successful investigative journalist.

On the basis of the source, I could trace the past of Alok Verma, the Chairman of HPSC when he was the Secretary of NCERT.I could write that the then Haryana CM Manohar Lal has delayed the implementation of flagship project of PM Narendra Modi of providing pure drinking water in rural areas.

I could bust the multi-crore wheat scam of FCI which led to the arrest of IAS RK Ranga, the then Director of Food Corporation of India for Haryana.
My story was converted into FIR by Rohtak Police and taking cognizance of the story, Punjab & Haryana High Court had ordered CBI probe.List is endless.

Tailpiece:
At a time when the unholy nexus of officers and politicians are looting the State and the Country, Investigative Journalism is the only hope.