Hyderabad: The Praja Rajyam Party has
requested the Andhra Pradesh government to conduct an
independent inquiry into the attack on their party activists
allegedly by the staffers of a local news channel between
March 20 and 23.
In a letter to Chief Minister K Rosaiah here today,
the PRP MLAs, led by party chief Chiranjeevi, also sought
protection to them from the ABN Andhra Jyothy Telugu news
channel staff and demanded that a criminal case be registered
against its managing director V Radhakrishna.
In a letter to Chief Minister K Rosaiah here today,
the PRP MLAs, led by party chief Chiranjeevi, also sought
protection to them from the ABN Andhra Jyothy Telugu news
channel staff and demanded that a criminal case be registered
against its managing director V Radhakrishna.
"Please order an inquiry into the attack on PRP
workers and register criminal case against the television
channel MD and other staff involved in the crime," the MLAs
said in the letter.
The legislators wanted the government to take
appropriate steps to curb `yellow journalism`. The news
channel has hurt the feelings of scores of PRP workers and
Chiranjeevi fans in the state by telecasting baseless and
false stories about the party.
"The channel needs to be punished for resorting to
yellow journalism and abusing the freedom of press," the MLAs
pleaded.
PTI
