New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that no body was registered with the name ‘Kashmir Press Club’ or the body of his manager who was selected since Kashmir Press, as a registered body, has no more and failed to register itself under the law Invite social registration, 1860.
The Ministry of Plantation has taken over the government building at 17.1,2022 in the presence of the Executive Magistrate, Srinagar, and the government building has the spread of static guards for its protection, MOS (home) Nityanand Rai said as the answer to the question by Congress MP Manish Tewari Which tells the events of January 15, 2022, when police personnel Kashmir & CRPF has entered the place of the Kashmir Press Club and “Helperful Takeover”.
Asked whether journalists in Kashmir and throughout India were often punished by state institutions under the Indian Punishment Code, UPA etc., Rai said the government was committed to ensuring the right of freedom of speech and expression.
Regarding India is ranked 142nd in the Freedom of World Freedom Index, the minister said the world press freedom index was issued by foreign NGOs, ‘journalists without borders’, and the Indian government did not subscribe to his country’s views and rating and did not approve conclusions withdrawn by this organization because of various The reason includes a very low, little or no weight size of the basis of democracy, adoption of the methodology that is questioned and non-transparent, lack of definition of clear press freedom, etc.