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Punjab Kesari Group row: CM Saini says Haryana govt always stood firmly with free...

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo CHANDIGARH, Jan 18 : Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday said the Haryana government always stood firmly with a free press as he came out in support of the Punjab Kesari group that has written to the AAP dispensation in Punjab, alleging it was being targeted with multiple raids by enforcement authorities. Addressing a ‘Ramleela Samiti Samman Samaroh’ in Jalandhar, Saini praised the impartial journalism of the Punjab Kesari group during the days of insurgency in the border state and said that it has for decades devoted itself to upholding truth, fearlessness, and ethical values. The newspaper group wrote to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann last Thursday, alleging that it was being targeted with multiple raids by enforcement authorities, events that, it claimed, began with a “balanced and fair” news report on opposition allegations against the ruling AAP’s national convenor.

Punjab Kesari Group row: CM Saini says Haryana govt always stood firmly with free...

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Key Highlights

  • The group alleged these raids targeted it and its associate concerns “with an extraneous motive to intimidate the press”.
  • The Punjab government issued an official statement that evening, categorically rejecting the Punjab Kesari group’s allegations.
  • On Sunday, a Punjab BJP delegation met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria in Chandigarh, accusing the AAP government of “targeting” media houses, and urged him to direct CM Mann to let the media work freely.
  • At the event in Jalandhar, CM Saini said, “The Haryana government always stood firmly with a free press.
  • In a democracy, the media is the fourth pillar, and it is a grave mistake for anyone to think that they can intimidate a media institution, because truth can never be suppressed.” “We must remember the time when Punjab was passing through the dark phase of militancy, when fear was so pervasive that people hesitated to even step out of their homes.
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