Condemning against the brutal killing of two scribes in Bihar and Jharkhand this week and demanding justice for the victim families, a protest demonstration has been organized in front of Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30 pm.
The demonstrators will also raise voices for a special protection law for the working journalists across the country and call upon the Union government in New Delhi to formulate a national action plan to safeguard the media persons who pursue critical journalism.
It may be mentioned that the murder of Akhilesh Pratap Singh (35, worked for a Jharkhand television news channel) and Rajdeo Ranjan (45, worked with Hindustan from Siwan locality of Bihar) generated massive protests across India. Simultaneously, the demand for the special protection law for the media persons on duty is also mounting. Even the Press Council of India’s chairman Justice (retd) Chandramouli Kumar Prasad has also condemned the killings and urged the Centre to enact a special law for protection of journalists and speedy trial of cases of attacks & assaults on them.
Earlier various national and international media rights organizations and also members of prestigious press clubs based in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata etc have demonstrated their angers against the vicious attacks on the media persons eliminating three journalists this year in the country, where as the robust media fraternity of India lost five journalists to assailants last year.
Various media forums based in northeast India may also decide to organize similar protest demonstrations tomorrow in respective locations to show their solidarity for the cause.
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Popularly known as Nilim Mahanta, the budding artist was picked up from his home by a group in Arunachal Pradesh.A wall has become a protest site in #Itanagar No more dam painted over hydro mural to celebrate 50th year of renaming #Arunachal .Protest and art go hand in hand. Not too late! pic.twitter.com/SByVOFq0d9— Tongam Rina (@tongamrina) March 27, 2022
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New Delhi: Congress has named Ripun Bora as the party candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha poll slated for March 31.
Bora, the incumbent, will be the candidate for the second seat who is expecting support from Congress, AIUDF, CPI and others.
The ruling party has already named Pabitra Margherita as the candidate for the first seat and skipped the name for the second seat since it lacks numbers.
Earlier BJP leaders claimed to have been preparing to name candidates for both seats. Congress also had a few rounds of hectic confabulation with AIUDF leadership.
The terms of Ripun Bora and Renee Narah will expire on April 2.
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