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Govt Under Opp Fire For 'Curbing DD Autonomy'

Source of Article: Pioneer, HT Media Ltd

December 9, 2011

 

New Delhi, Dec. 9 -- The BJP and Left parties on Thursday attacked the Government for curbing the autonomy of Doordarshan and making it an ideological tool of the Government by granting more power in appointment of Chief Executive Officer of the Prasar Bharati. Participating in the debate on the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Amendment Bill, BJP leader Tarun Vijay demanded that appointment of CEO should be on lines of Election Commissioner to ensure autonomy of the public broadcaster. He also accused the Prasar Bharati of having wide spread corruption, ideological untouchability and ignoring the development stories and instead focusing on "irrelevant" programmes. He said that IAS lobby was dictating the programme content instead of the talented artists working with Doordarshan. A CPI(M) member criticised the withdrawal of recognition of unions and demanded that it should be immediately restored. Published by HT Syndication with permission from Pioneer. For any query with respect to this article or any other content requirement, please contact Editor at htsyndication@hindustantimes.com

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