The emergency ghost haunts Bihar media

In a severe indictment of the Nitish Kumar government, the Press Council of India (PCI) has accused it of arm-twisting the media through various means. It compared the situation in Bihar with Emergency when a complete censorship was imposed on the media. “The media in Bihar has been gagged and newspapers have become mouthpiece of the government,” says the recently-released report of the PCI on the state of media in Bihar. Last year, on February 25, PCI Chairman Justice (retired) Markandey Katju...

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