Kashmir Times editor Anuradha rejects new media policy of Indian govt

Kashmir Times editor Anuradha rejects new media policy of Indian govt.

In a media interview, Executive Editor of Jammu-Based Kashmir Times, Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal criticized the Indian government’s recently introduced new media policy.

Kashmir Times editor Anuradha rejects

Journalists and analysts are saying that the new policy aims at completely wiping out journalism and an attempt to control the narrative in the territory.

Anuradha termed it n attempt not only to gag and silence the media but also kill the media.

She sees new regulation as an attempt to criminalize journalists through scrutiny of the content in the media and deciding news as fake and anti-national.

Furthermore, Anuradha Bhasin said: “You cannot script the destiny of the 13 million people of Kashmir without the involvement of a single local person and expect things to follow this script. It would fail.”

She further said: “The only way you can show that everything is fine is by chaining and imprisoning the narrative coming out of the region”.

Moreover, she said the purported aim of such a policy is to eliminate any media house that refuses to toe the government line.

She said that the government wants to control the media because its own script is failing.

Meanwhile, President Kashmir Press Club Shuja Ul Haq said there is deep concern among journalists if such a system of scrutinizing comes up, journalists feel they won’t be able to work.

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