Attacks on media highly improper, condemnable: Jaitley

February 17, 2016 21:26

Amid mounting criticism over attacks on scribes at a court complex here, Union Minister Arun Jaitley today termed the incidents as "highly improper and condemnable" and asserted that the media has unhindered right to report.

"Media has an unhindered right to report; Attack on media persons is highly improper and condemnable," the Information & Broadcasting Minister said in a tweet.

Media persons covering JNU sedition case were attacked by men dressed in lawyers' robes on Monday and the violence was repeated today at the Patiala House court complex. The attack took place when JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was being produced in the court.

Earlier in the day, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that "alternative voice" in the university should also be heard.

"JNU is a very premier institution of India, widely respected also. It has produced outstanding civil servants, great academicians and also well known public figures. Its faculty and students also excel well.

"We all think there is also a very eloquent, powerful and constructive alternative voice in the JNU. The country is equally eager to hear that voice," Prasad said.

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