New Delhi, November 23: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member V Hanumanth Rao today defended Congress activists’ dharna in front of Sakshi offices in the state in protest against the telecast of a story critical of Sonia Gandhi and advised the Sakshi management to remove the YSR image from the TV screen before telecasting or from the newspaper before publishing stories aimed against the Congress.
Rao said at a press meet here, “They (Congmen) had not acted against the freedom of the press but only staged dharnas in a democratic way to register protest. “It is very unfortunate that the Sakshi newspaper and TV channel launched during YSR period turned against the party and its leader Sonia Gandhi. The Congress high command is very serious on this issue,” he warned.
–Agencies