New Delhi: The day after the Income Tax Department was carried out multi-city searches at the Dainik Bhaskar and Bharat TamaChar office on charges of alleged tax evasion, the Guild Editor India said worried that government agencies were used as “coercive tools” to suppress free and independent journalism.
“The Indian Guild Editor is worried about the income tax raid on July 22 at the leading newspaper Group office of the Dainik Bhaskar and the independent news channel based in Lucknow Bharat SamaChar,” he said in a statement.
Apart from EGI, Indian press club, the community to protect journalists and the Indian women’s press company also condemned the actions of the media group, each accused the action of the institution is an effort to “intimidate independent media.
Pointing on a statement by the National Editor of the Dainik Bhaskar Om Gaur that advertising The company from the government department has been cut after its critical reportage, including the OP-Ed in the New York Times, Egi said, “is, therefore, it is worried that government institutions are used as coercive tools to suppress free and independent journalism.
This is all more disturbing considering that media reports have recently been about CE surveillans that are widespread journalists and civil society activists using Pegasus software.
“Guild also said Bharat SamaChar was targeted into one of several channels in asking the difficult questions of the state of the state in connection with the management of Covid.
The Committee to protect journalists said India had to revive the long tradition of press freedom and” Allow journalists to report freely on things The public interest thing “.
The press corps of Indian women said it was standing with Dainik Bhaskar, Bharat SamaChar and their brave journalism.