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Monday, May 5, 2014

Modi questions press freedom, Tewari denies govt involvement

Source: Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times New Delhi
Published on May 03, 2014

On World Press Freedom Day, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at the Congress-led Union government over the long-debated issue of Doordarshan's autonomy.

Information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari, on his part, said on Saturday that his ministry had an arm's-length relationship with Prasar Bharati and the public broadcaster's autonomy was guaranteed by an act of Parliament.

Doordarshan and All India Radio function under the Prasar Bharati Act, 1990, which...................

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