Mangaluru, July 24, 2015: Senior Congress leader and former union minister B Janardhana Poojary has come down heavily on the Union Home Affairs Ministry for denying security clearance to 33 channels of the Sun TV group owned by Kalanithi Maran.
Speaking to reporters here on July 24, Friday, Poojary said the government move was driven by the fact that the Sun TV had close links with the DMK.The interests of the entire media fraternity will be at stake due to such actions, Poojary said.
Expressing his grave concern over the suspicious deaths of some journalists reported from different parts of the nation in the recent past, that too after the BJP government came to power, Poojary said attempts are being made to curtail freedom of speech and subjugate the fourth pillar of the democracy.
‘BJP’s own allies have realised that Modi has become a Hitler,’ Poojary said while referring to a recent statement made by Shiva Sena Corporator who had compared Modi to a Hitler for keeping all powers with himself.