No idea about INDIA members boycotting TV anchors: Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM says he has always been for the freedom of the press, which is under attack from those in power at the Centre
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said he has no idea about Opposition bloc INDIA members boycotting anchors of various TV channels.
Kumar said on Saturday (September 15) that some members of the INDIA bloc may have felt that there might be some problems with the TV anchors and so they might have taken the decision.
“I have no idea about this. But I have always been for the freedom of the press, which is under attack from those in power at the Centre. I assure you full freedom to practise your profession once we defeat the current dispensation,” he told reporters in Patna.
“I am in support of journalists. When everyone gets full freedom, journalists will write what they want. Are they controlled? Have I ever done it? They have rights, I am not against anyone,” he added.
The INDIA bloc’s working group on media on Thursday put out a list of 14 TV anchors on whose shows the constituents would not send their representatives.
(With agency inputs)