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Katju slams 'intolerant' politicians
Wednesday October 24, 2012 05:50:04 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Press
Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju Wednesday regretted
that some politicians were becoming "increasingly intolerant
towards the media" and pointed to Himachal Pradesh Congress chief
Virbhadra Singh threatening mediapersons in Shimla.
Katju, a former judge of the Supreme Court, said Singh's
"undemocratic behaviour" was the latest instance of politicians
"not behaving in a manner which is expected of them in a
democracy".
The former Himachal Pradesh chief minister, who is accused of
financial impropriety, had threatened to break the cameras of
newspersons in Shimla Wednesday. The Congress has apologised for
his remarks.
In a statement, Katju also said that politicians "must realise
that in a democracy people have a right to criticise them, and
media has a right to enquire about the activities of politicians
and inform the public about it".
"In a democracy it is the people who are supreme, and politicians
are only servants of the people. Since people are the masters in a
democracy, they have a right to know how their servants (which
includes politicians, judges, bureaucrats, policemen, etc) are
functioning, and it is often through the media that they know
about this," Katju said.
"The media thus acts as an agent of the people for giving them
information about their servants", he said adding that "intolerant
behaviour by politicians has no place in a democracy".
Katju said that if "something untrue is published about a
politician, he has certainly a right to get his rejoinder
published, but losing one's balance or giving an ugly display of
temper is just not acceptable in a democracy".
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