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Monday, May 5, 2014

Prasar Bharati CEO Takes on Tewari, Admits Modi Interview Edited

Source: The New Indian Express | By IANS - NEW DELHI
Published: 02nd May 2014


In a hard-hitting letter, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar Friday acknowledged that certain portions of the Narendra Modi interview on Doordarshan "were apparently edited" and pointed a finger at Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari for failing to grant "operational autonomy" to the public broadcaster that it has been seeking for years.

Sircar, who in the past too has taken on the minister over interference in functioning of Prasar Bharati, pointed to the interference the government can have in the form of transfers, appointments and punitive actions regarding Prasar Bharati officials.

Tewari pleaded ignorance about the letter Sircar shot off to the Prasar Bharati board, under...............

Read more at http://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/news/Prasar-Bharati-CEO-Takes-on-Tewari-Admits-Modi-Interview-Edited/2014/05/02/article2202356.ece 

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