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So, the government is now targeting newspapers for not being supportive enough?
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On November 20, 2008 Dr Subramanian Swamy wrote to the prime minister seeking permission to prosecute A Raja. There was no reply until March 19, 2010 -- sixteen months on -- and then it merely said that giving such sanction would be premature. Dr Swamy then approached the Supreme Court.
'The sanctioning authority,' the apex court observed, 'can say I am not inclined to give sanction. But we find the alleged inaction and silence troubling.'
This show the action of MMS. He did nothing in UPA2 except sleeping :distrust:
'The sanctioning authority,' the apex court observed, 'can say I am not inclined to give sanction. But we find the alleged inaction and silence troubling.'
This show the action of MMS. He did nothing in UPA2 except sleeping :distrust:
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They are planning to file an affidavit to defend Chidu now. Also CBI is openly sidelining Chidu saying that he wont be able to stop 2G Scam.Now time had come that CBI should be dissolved. They are of no use . They work according to UPA and till now they have charged only whristleblowers.
Congress’ fixation with censorship resurfaces - Congress
Ok, this is an editorial from the express
the government’s Emergency-era mindset of acting as the censor has surfaced again with the I&B ministry’s move to keep the uplinking facilities of TV channels on hold till there is official approval of the contents of their programmes and advertisements.
This sounds troubling, but..
How much of an impact the broadcast editors association’s objection to the proposal will have remains to be seen, but what these attempts at muzzling the press underline is the ruling party’s nervousness about critical opinion
Watch this space.
WTH do we need an I &B ministry for ? it sounds like a throwback to an earlier era.
Although it is true that a desperate search for viewers’ approval in a time of intense competition does induce some sections of the audio-visual and print media to cross the limits of objectivity, it is not for the political class and its henchmen in the bureaucracy to try to rein them in as in tinpot dictatorships.
Spot on
An overt government intervention, either by denying uplinking rights for TV channels or withholding official advertisements in the case of the print media, will only hurt the ruling party by exposing it as intolerant. It is strange that the Congress hasn’t yet learnt the price which Indira Gandhi paid by imposing censorship, which kept her ignorant of how the ground had slipped from under her feet.
Exactly, so we have a second potential case where the govt may be acting against freedom of the press.
Keep the articles coming
Ok, this is an editorial from the express
the government’s Emergency-era mindset of acting as the censor has surfaced again with the I&B ministry’s move to keep the uplinking facilities of TV channels on hold till there is official approval of the contents of their programmes and advertisements.
This sounds troubling, but..
How much of an impact the broadcast editors association’s objection to the proposal will have remains to be seen, but what these attempts at muzzling the press underline is the ruling party’s nervousness about critical opinion
Watch this space.
WTH do we need an I &B ministry for ? it sounds like a throwback to an earlier era.
Although it is true that a desperate search for viewers’ approval in a time of intense competition does induce some sections of the audio-visual and print media to cross the limits of objectivity, it is not for the political class and its henchmen in the bureaucracy to try to rein them in as in tinpot dictatorships.
Spot on
An overt government intervention, either by denying uplinking rights for TV channels or withholding official advertisements in the case of the print media, will only hurt the ruling party by exposing it as intolerant. It is strange that the Congress hasn’t yet learnt the price which Indira Gandhi paid by imposing censorship, which kept her ignorant of how the ground had slipped from under her feet.
Exactly, so we have a second potential case where the govt may be acting against freedom of the press.
Keep the articles coming