Chennai, Nov 09: Nearly 500 journalists from the print and electronic media today sat on a day-long fast at the Press Club here to protest the state assembly's decision ordering the arrest of six journalists of 'The Hindu' and 'Murasoli' for "breach of privilege" of the House. Several state-level political party leaders, including Arcot Veerasamy and Aladi Aruna (DMK), AICC secretary G K Vasan, working president of the state Congress E V K S Elangovan and former Rajya Sabha MP Peter Alphonse, addressed the fasting scribes.
The editor-in-chief of 'The Hindu', N Ram, and joint managing director of the paper, N Murali, were also present.
The call for the fast, scheduled to end at 1700 hrs, was given by various journalists' bodies. Bureau Report