NEW DELHI: The decision to ban publication of newspapers in the Valley did not have the consent of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and might have been taken at the local level for which “heads will roll”, according to her advisor Amitabh Mattoo.
In a discussion program on NDTV today, Mattoo said he had personally visited homes of editors and apologised for alleged banning of newspapers saying there could have been a “miscommunication”.
He also said from tomorrow, newspapers will resume printing in the Valley and they can publish whatever they feel without any “censorship or ban of anykind”.
“I can say with all the responsibility that there was no ban. I think there was some miscommunication; obviously there was a curfew but the newspapers can publish, as they have done, online or print edition.
“Sometimes the decisions are taken at a local level which is not something that the Government at the highest level authority approves of. I can assure you that in this age of globalisation and where we have Internet and electronic means of communication, there is no way of imposing a ban now,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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