Rahul, Priyanka slam UP government for Kanojia's detention, two others
- by Dikshita-Tiwari
- Jun 12, 2019 11:14
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and party secretary general Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday struck the Uttar Pradesh government across the
detention of scribe Prashant Kanojia and the editor and head of a Noida-based TV channel.
Rahul Gandhi also stated that even if a journalist who publishes a false report or laps up fake, vicious propaganda sponsored by RSS / BJP is placed in jail,
most newspapers or news channels would face a serious shortage of employees.
"The UP CM is behaving foolishly and needs to release the arrested journalists," the Congress president tweeted. Retweeting Rahul Gandhi's tweet, AICC in-charge Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi also attacked the state government over the issue.
"Instead of working on the issues of the people, the UP government is cracking the whip of fear on journalists, farmers and representatives," she tweeted in Hindi.
Kanojia, Anuj Shukla, who is the editor of Noida-based TV channel Nation Live, and its head Ishika Singh, have faced police action over the release of alleged objectionable content against the UP chief minister. Rahul and Priyanka's attack on the UP government came on a day the Supreme Court ordered immediate release of Kanojia, saying the fundamental right to liberty is "sacrosanct" and "non-negotiable".
The Editors Guild had on Sunday condemned the arrest of Kanojia, Singh and Shukla, describing the police action as an "authoritarian misuse of laws" and an effort to intimidate the press. An FIR was registered against Kanojia at Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on Friday night in which it was alleged that the accused made "objectionable comments against the CM and tried to malign his image". Kanojia had shared a video on Twitter and Facebook where a woman is seen speaking to reporters of various media organisations outside the CM's office, claiming that she had sent a marriage proposal to Adityanath.
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