New Delhi, September 18: As the Ayodhya title suit verdict date nears, the News Broadcasters Association has set guidelines for electronic media asking them not to speculate about the judgement and not to show the footage of 1992 Babri Masjid demolition.
The guidelines say that the Ayodhya issue is a matter in which “extra care” is necessary to ensure that the telecast of any news relating to it should not be sensational, provocative or inflammatory.
“The basic guideline to be adhered to is that all such news should conform strictly to sub-serving the public interest of maintaining communal harmony and preservation of the secular ethos of our plural society and it should influence the formation of the correct public opinion,” the guidelines said.
–PTI