New Delhi, Sep 3: Anchor Abhisar Sharma on Monday formally resigned from ABP News channel. Abhisar Sharma's resignation comes a month after resignations of ABP News' Managing Editor Milind Khandekar and senior anchor Punya Prasoon Bajpai from the organisation. Abhisar was reportedly sent on a leave after the high-profile exist.

Announcing his resignation, Abhisar Sharma reportedly wrote on Facebook, "Five years isnt a short time. Not a long one too. Finally resigned from ABP news. Did some fabulous stories that had a massive impact. Time to move on. Thanks everyone who was a part of this journey with me. (sic)" He also shared a screenshot showing that he had left WhatsApp groups of ABP News channel.

In August, Milind Khandekar and Punya Prasoon Bajpai were reportedly pressurised to resign. Besides the resignations, the ABP's flagship show, 'Masterstroke' is taken off. Bajpai used to host the prime-time show on the channel. In one of its shows, it had covered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interaction with a Chhattisgarh woman who claimed her agricultural income had doubled after she switched from paddy to 'sitafal' farming.

A report broadcast by Masterstroke later interviewed the same woman, who claimed that officials from Delhi had 'tutored' her before her interaction with the Prime Minister to falsely claim that her income had doubled. As the news spread widely on Twitter, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore slammed the media organisation and questioned its journalistic ethics.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 03, 2018 04:16 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).