The ban became effective from Thursday as the House reopened for a special three-day session to pass the budget. (Shutterstock)The BJP has fulfilled its longstanding desire to ban private channels from covering Assembly proceedings, seven years after three of its then ministers were caught watching porn during a session. Private channels were first allowed to cover the Assembly proceedings under Janata Dal rule in December 1994, courtesy then Speaker K.R. That’s why independent broadcasts are important.”Several private Kannada channels had in January 2012 shown then BJP ministers Laxman Savadi, C.C. Siddaramaiah on Thursday asked whether the BJP was trying to protect those who watch porn in the House.

Source: The Telegraph October 10, 2019 20:26 UTC