NEW DELHI: The Press Membership of India wrote to Om Birla and Jagdeep Dhankar in search of assembly with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha speaker Jagdeep Dhankar to debate “full entry to all accredited journalists and photojournalists” to Parliament like pre-Covid period.
The letter adopted a earlier demand by the Press Membership which requested for “unrestricted media entry to Lok Sabha Press gallery and Parliament Home”.
“As you have to be conscious that restrictions had been imposed on the media (journalists and photojournalists) within the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the 2020 finances session. The everlasting passes of journalists and Lengthy & Distinguished class passes had been cancelled. With the World Well being Organisations declaring the top of the pandemic on Might 5, 2023, we anticipated that full entry to journalists and photojournalists can be restored. Sadly, that wasn’t the case,” the letter mentioned.
The letter adopted a earlier demand by the Press Membership which requested for “unrestricted media entry to Lok Sabha Press gallery and Parliament Home”.
“As you have to be conscious that restrictions had been imposed on the media (journalists and photojournalists) within the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic throughout the 2020 finances session. The everlasting passes of journalists and Lengthy & Distinguished class passes had been cancelled. With the World Well being Organisations declaring the top of the pandemic on Might 5, 2023, we anticipated that full entry to journalists and photojournalists can be restored. Sadly, that wasn’t the case,” the letter mentioned.
‘Free media fromcage’
The problem gained consideration much more after chief of opposition Rahul Gandhi made the rhetoric in Parliament monsoon session to free media from the “cage”
Through the Enterprise Advisory Committee assembly, sources reported that Congress deputy chief within the Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, criticized the present strategy of proscribing media protection in Parliament Homes. Gogoi reportedly known as for the removing of post-Covid restrictions on journalists’ entry to Parliament proceedings, which he implied by referring to the restricted issuance of passes to media retailers.
