Bhopal, April 05: Union Minister for Tribal Welfare, Kantilal Bhuria today advised television news channels to “verify the facts and truth behind any news”.
“Despite their race to show the news first, they should always verify the facts and truth behind any news,” Bhuria said formally launching the Bansal News channel in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
He hoped that the new channel will establish its credibility by raising issues concerning the common man.
On the occasion, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta said that before presenting news to people, the channel must verify its facts and that will help it in establishing its credibility.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kailash Joshi, BJP MLA Vishwas Sarang, Bansal Group Chairman Anil Bansal and the Channel”s CEO Achal Mehra were among others present on the occasion.
———PTI