Dehradun, Pahadonkigoonj, PIB, Accredited Journalists, questions have started being raised against the government’s decision of strict rules to give recognition to journalists of small news websites. The Working Journalists of India has strongly opposed this. From the current guideline, only journalists of big media houses will be able to take the recognition of PIB. Whereas the journalists of small news websites will have to be deprived of it. Working Journalist of India’s national president Anoop Chaudhary has criticized the government’s tough move. According to him, on one hand the government is promoting social media. On the other hand, news like stopping journalists of small websites from coverage, not treating them as journalists, is really shocking. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, is engaged in the rules and regulations related to recognition of social media journalists. On the other hand, such treatment of journalists is really wrong. Which the Working Journalist of India strongly condemns. At the same time, the National General Secretary of WJI, Narendra Bhandari has appealed to the government to intervene in the whole matter.
Convenor Uttarakhand Journalists Association Coordination Committee, President, Uttarakhand Web Portal Association, Pahadonkigoonj National Hindi weekly newspaper www. ukpkg.com, Hindi
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Editor Jeetmani Painuli has been protesting since May 3, 2022 by tying a black band in his right hand. There is a need to protest in the fight for our rights by opposing the conspiracy to weaken democracy.