Akila Urnakar, the president of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), on Thursday expressed “serious concern” on the “undeclared media curb” at the Thiruvananthpuran secretariat during the P S Antony Commission’s visit to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office on November 21. Shreyams Kumar, chairman of the regional committee of the INS, called it “unfair” of the Kerala government “to impose a gag on the media and hoped that better sense will prevail on them”. Journalists, the statement issued by INS said, are usually allowed to stay on the premises of the secretariat “to cover meetings and other events and to take comments”. INS said in its statement that this action by the Kerala government “is not allowing mediamen to cover the proceedings militates against the fundamental freedom of the press and is totally unfair”. For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App

Source: Indian Express November 23, 2017 23:15 UTC