DD struggling to maintain professional freedom: Modi

Press Trust of India | Ahmedabad | May 4, 2014 6:51 am

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Escalating the controversy over his interview to Doordarshan, Narendra Modi Saturday rued the "decline" in journalistic freedom in the public broadcaster and invoked "horrific" memories of the Emergency days in 1975.

The BJP's PM candidate joined the war over Prasar Bharti editing out certain portions of his interview last Sunday and the subsequent raging controversy that it stoked by the "delayed" telecast. "On days such as these, I feel very sad to see our national TV channel struggling to maintain its professional freedom," Modi said on Twitter, extending his wishes to journalists on World Press Freedom Day.

Modi did not forget to remind the people of the Emergency imposed by the late Indira Gandhi in 1975 when curbs were placed on the media.