Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 22: Alleging that the Governor administration has stopped State Government advertisements to two major daily newspapers in the valley, Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) today sought intervention of Press Council of India (PCI) and the Editors Guild of India (EGI).
“With utmost regret, we wish to inform that the Jammu and Kashmir Government has stopped State Government advertisements to two major daily newspapers — Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader. The decision has neither been conveyed formally nor was any reason detailed to the respective originations, so far,” a spokesperson of KEG said.
The spokesperson said KEG in a detailed meeting discussed the issue and decided to fight the deliberate strangulation and subversion of the institution of media in the State. “At a time when the democracy is in suspension, the KEG is seeking attention of the PCI and EGI to exercise their legal, ethical and professional mandate to intervene in the issue and ensure that the media in one of the most sensitive states is not strangulated. The Guild has decided to move to the Council and would also involve the Editors Guild of India,” he said.
He said the Guild reiterated the fact that media in Kashmir is one of the most professional media and it has retained its neutrality even at the cost of lives. The KEG also called upon the State Government, presided over by the Governor, and his policy makers that the negative intervention in the media is compromising the constitution as it goes against the constitutional guarantees within which the media operates in Kashmir and outside.
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