Journalists under the banner of the Andhra Pradesh Union
of Working Journalists (APUWJ) on Wednesday staged a demonstration here
condemning the freezing of bank accounts of media firms of YSRC
president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Leading
the protest in front of the Prakasam Bhavan, Andhra Pradesh Union of
Working Journalists ( State Vice-President I V Subba Rao wanted the
State Government to intervene and protect the interests of the
journalists working in the media firms.
“Crippling the functioning of media firms will throw on the streets thousands of journalists working in them'',lamented Mr Rao.
The
journalists took a protest march on the arterial Trunk Road demanding
immediate de-freezing of the bank accounts of the media firms and
ensuring of justice for journalists affected by the CBI act.
“Let
the Government initiate action against any individual in the firms
without affecting the functioning of the media firms'', they said.
Condemned
The
Prakasam district Retired Employees Association on Wednesday condemned
the freezing of accounts of media firms of YSRC President Y S Jaganmohan
Reddy by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI).
The
association members who met under chairmanship of its President K
Alfred felt that ''freezing of accounts of media firms amounts to
freezing of information''.
The interests of the journalists who educated the public should be protected said association member G Gopal Reddy.
From HINDU
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