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Pro-Telangana media barred from PM's address
at Biodiversity convention
Tuesday October 16, 2012 05:50:08 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Reporters
of pro-Telangana television channels and dailies were Tuesday not
allowed to cover Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address at the
11th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on
Biodiversity.
Media representatives of T-News, HMTV and Telugu daily Namaste
Telangana were denied access to the conference hall at the
Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC) where the prime
minister addressed the delegates.
T-News and Namaste Telangana are owned by Telangana Rashtra
Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao.
Though the organisers officially cited limited seating capacity as
the reason for denying entry to some mediapersons, the real
reason, an informed source said, was to prevent any protest during
the PM's speech.
The authorities took the preventive step as Telangana Joint Action
Committee (JAC) and some other groups demanding separate Telangana
state had given a call for the protest during the prime minister's
visit over the delay in making an announcement for formation of
separate state.
The journalists of few media organisations staged a sit-in at the
Media Centre at the conference venue, alleging that they were
prevented from discharging their professional duty.
Police had made unprecedented security arrangements for the prime
minister's visit in view of the threat by Telangana groups to stop
his convoy and show black flags.
Some leaders gathered at Indira Park to protest the visit and
released black balloons in the air. The leaders tried to march
towards Begumpet airport to meet the prime minister but were
prevented by police.
Police sealed off key roads in Begumpet, Banjara Hills, Jubliee
Hills and Cyberabad, the IT district, causing inconvenience to the
public. Schools in Cyberabad declared a holiday, while IT
companies had also changed shift timings for their employees.
The prime minister, who landed at Begumpet airport in the city,
reached HICC by an Indian Air Force helicopter.
After addressing the conference, he covered five kilometers by
road to reach Gachibowli, another IT cluster, where he unveiled a
pylon and laid the foundation stone for biodiversity park and a
museum.
Manmohan Singh returned to New Delhi in the evening.
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