Indian Journalists Union condemns CBI raid in NDTV office
PR, KalimNews, Hyderabad, June 7: The
Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative
organization of the working journalists in the country, strongly condemned the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on the office and residential
premises of the NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy on Monday
for causing alleged loss to a private sector bank. In a statement issued on
Tuesday, 6 June, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) President S N Sinha,
Secretary-General Amar Devulapalli, International Federation of Journalists
(IFJ) Vice-President Sabina Inderjit and Press Council of India (PCI) member K
Amarnath termed it as an attack on the independent media which did not conform
to narrative of the ruling establishment.
“It is no
co-incidence that the raids on NDTV promoters’ premises came a few days after
the BJP official spokesman Sambit Patra accused the channel of carrying out an
agenda against the NDA government and the ruling party in a live discussion on
the channel. It seems the raids were conducted based on a complaint of a
disgruntled employee of the organization. We are of the opinion that ruling
establishment is misusing the organs of the state to brow beat critics and
enforce self-censorship on the media that do not conform to its narrative,” the
IJU statement said.
IJU leaders said
it was strange that big business houses who were defrauding the public sector
banks by not repaying loans were going scot-free, an independent media house
was sought to be punished for some alleged fraud in a private bank long after
the loan was repaid. “We demand that the government and its coercive organs
should desist from muzzling the media on trumped up and imaginative charges. We
call upon the working journalists in the country to raise their voice against attacks on the independent media to silence
criticism and expression of contrary opinion,” the IJU statement added.
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