Prakash Javadekar wants to abolish his own ministry

Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

TNN | Jun 10, 2014, 02.41 AM IST

NEW DELHI: I&B minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said he believed that government should not exercise control over the media. He was responding to queries on whether he felt the ministry should be shut down. In a TV interview, Javadekar had said he was "philosophically" or "ideologically" willing to work towards the abolition of I&B ministry. 

Addressing members of Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC), Javadekar on Monday said the media should have its own mechanisms so that government never needs to exercise control. "Ideologically and philosophically, earlier some people used to talk about withering away of the state. That was their belief," Javadekar said when a member mentioned the remark he made a few days back. 

"Our belief is that government should not control or run the media. The government should never need to exercise control, media should have its own mechanism," he said. 

"Now take the case of Prasar Bharati, the biggest challenge is how Doordarshan becomes the first choice of the viewer. In whichever model it works, we'll choose that. We have given autonomy but result should also come," he said. 

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