Media which is one of the most important parts of our society will soon become a puppet in the hands of government if the censorship bill on media which government is trying to pass comes into existence. According to this bill no news channels will be having a complete freedom to regulate the news which is to be telecasted regularly. The government can restrict any news to be on air. Any cops (not necessarily to be of specific class) can enter the news room and stop the telecast of any news. This means that government will decide which news is good for the society or I should rather say will be good for the governments vote bank. It is said by Mahatma Gandhi that “bura mat dekho, bura mat bolo, bura mat suno” (don’t see bad, don’t say bad and don’t hear bad), the media represents that very truth of the society but after this bill the media will say, hear and see what government will decide. It is somewhat similar to the “emergency” which was laid down at the time of Indra Gandhi. If this bill gets a green signal in the parliament it will be undoubtedly a black day in the history of India. As it will stop in raising there own views.
All the media persons around the country have strongly opposed this bill and so will I because this bill has nothing right in it. This kind of bill is against that legislature of the country which says that every person have freedom of speech.
(For the time being Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has put a stay on this bill. He further added that he will have a talk with the media representative before taking any decision.)
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