Prasar Bharati is a public sector oganization, funded entirely by Indian citizens. Not only is this is a straightup muzzling of an independent press. Their primary aim is to restrict what people can know about their elected government. It's an escalation to Modi's no accountability policy, that for 9.5 years has been based on 'no press conferences by me' which progressed to the recent 'no press conferences by me or other heads of state in Indian soil' and now the extreme 'No one should know what is being said, No record of it can be kept even by the people who bankroll the services'. The messsaging of 'Indians citizens have no rights in my rule' is unambiguous.
this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2023
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