Press freedom at stake in India! Journalists’ association demands Biden to pressurise PM Modi during his us visit
New Delhi:There is talk in various media that the freedom of the press in India has now been severely curtailed. India’s position in the field of freedom of the press has also been reported to be low. At the same time, the International Journalists’ Organization Committee to Protect Journalists has demanded US President Joe Biden to pressurize Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of press freedom.
On June 21-24, Modi will visit the US. Meanwhile, biden has been asked by the journalists’ body to pressurise Biden on the issue by discussing India’s freedom of press with Modi. According to the organization, the freedom of journalists in India is not to be taken on record at all. In India, journalists who have been reporting against the government have been arrested or subjected to other atrocities, the agency claimed.