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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Modi interview: I&B Ministry asks Prasar Bharati CEO to seek board’s opinion

Source: The Hindu | PTI, NEW DELHI
May 6, 2014

Throwing the ball back into Prasar Bharati's court, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday asked the public broadcaster to seek the views of its board on whether a probe is needed into the controversial editing of Narendra Modi's interview by Doordarshan.

Sources said that the Ministry on Tuesday sent a reply to Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar's communication in which he had said on Monday that the public broadcaster was ready to institute a probe but would do so only if the Ministry assures that it would abide by the findings.

Mr. Sircar had argued that in the past, the Ministry had not taken any action on its recommendations against officials.

"We have replied saying that the views of the Prasar Bharati board should be...........

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