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Media to Maharashtra legislature: Avoid clash with us
Friday March 22, 2013 09:36:58 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Apprehending
the arrest of two senior Mumbai journalists for alleged breach of
privilege of the Maharashtra legislature, media groups Friday
warned this could be tantamount to an attack on the press.
"There is speculation that the privileges committee (of the
legislature) is moving to arrest two persons. This will be treated
as an attack on the privileges and rights of a free press and the
political class would be well advised to avoid a clash with the
Fourth Estate," media organisations said in a joint statement here
Friday.
The statement also condemned a move by the Maharashtra legislature
admitting privilege motions against two senior mediapersons -
Nikhil Wagle, chief editor of IBN Lokmat, and Raju Khandekar,
chief editor of ABP Majha - for their recent coverage of the
assault on a policeman inside the legislature by half a dozen
legislators.
The privilege motion against the two editors pertains to the
coverage by their channels of the shocking incident, the Press
Club, TV Journalists Association and Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh
said in a statement.
The organisations said that the two journalists were "merely doing
their duty in reporting the heinous crime committed" by a group of
legislators who severely assaulted a police officer (Sachin
Suryawanshi) for having booked legislator Kshitij Thakur in a
traffic offence.
The three media organisations appealed to the government and
political parties to withdraw the proceedings against these senior
journalists.
In a related development, Aam Admi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal
has also condemned the behaviour of the legislators and has
organised a sit-in agitation in south Mumbai's Azad Maidan Friday
evening.
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