Debate show ”Dangal.”Master of “Aajtak”TV Journalist Rohit Sardana Passes away
Odishabarta,Bureau,
New Delhi: Senior journalist and Aaj Tak anchor Rohit Sardana has passed away. The 41-year-old died of cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Noida on Friday (April 30).
Rohit Sardana is survived by his wife, two daughters, and his parents.
The 41-year-old Aaj Tak anchor had recently tested positive for Covid-19 but he was active and on his way to recovery. Rohit continued to encourage his colleagues and was amplifying Covid-related posts on Twitter till late Thursday night.
His situation, however, deteriorated on Thursday night, following which he was rushed to Metro Multispecialty Hospital in Noida. He died of a heart attack on the morning of April 30.
The star anchor of Aaj Tak, Rohit hailed from Kurukshetra in Haryana. Rohit was a recipient of the NT Award and ENBA Award for the best anchor as well as the prestigious Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for Hindi journalism.
In his career that spanned over one-and-a-half-decade, Rohit Sardana started as an announcer in All India Radio after which he made a name for himself as he anchored shows in ETV, Sahara Samay, Zee News and then Aaj Tak.
Rohit Sardana was considered one of the most powerful anchors in Hindi. As the anchor of Aaj Tak’s prime time show, Dangal, Rohit achieved a milestone in TV anchoring which only a few have got.
Prior to this, he was the anchor of a popular show on Zee News.
Rohit never shied away from asking tough questions to politicians. In fact, he would often stop talking to leaders of the ruling party and those in Opposition due to this.
Before making the news of Rohit’s death public, it was the responsibility of the India Today Group to inform his family. The group first informed Rohit’s family of his demise after which the news was shared with the public.
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted about his untimely demise.Sudhir Chaudhary wrote that he never thought the virus would take away someone so close to him. He said he was not prepared for this.
“A short while ago I got a call from Jitendra Sharma. My hands started shaking after hearing what he told me. He gave me the news of our friend and colleague Rohit Sardana’s death.
Could’ve never imagined that this virus would take away someone so close to us. I was not ready for this. This is injustice by God.. Om Shanti, (sic)” Sudhir Chaudhary tweeted in Hindi.
Even while he suffering from coronavirus, Rohit Sardana sought help for patients on Twitter a day before he died. In his last tweet, the anchor asked his over 4 million followers to help find Remdesivir injections for a Covid patient.
Rohit Sardana had long been associated with Zee Media. He used to host the popular show-‘Taal Thok Ke’, a debate programme that discusses contemporary issues in India on Zee News.
Sardana left Zee News to join Aaj Tak in 2017 and, since then, he was hosting the debate show ”Dangal.”
Source;India Today & Outlook
