GSTV targeted for broadcasting objectionable content related to someone who shall not be named

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For swipe at Swachh Bharat leader, Gujarati channel GSTV gets the broomstick - The Economic Times

A Gujarati television news channel, GSTV, has been issued a show-cause notice by the information & broadcasting (I&B) ministry and may get suspended for what the ministry considers to be objectionable programme content aimed at a leader holding an "esteemed office". The information & broadcasting ministry's notice, which ET has reviewed, does not name the leader. But this is what the notice says, among other things: "...the channel says this leader initiated the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, but does he actually believe in Gandhian ideology or is he just using his name to earn respect".

The notice also says: "While the channel has every right to question the conduct of a political leader, the way it has criticised him in the news item seems a deliberate attempt to malign his reputation which is repugnant of the esteemed office he holds."

The I&B notice also says: "The channel questions an individual who is a political leader by saying that he praises Mahatma Gandhi in several forums but doesn't take any stern action against those glorifying Godse."