No newspapers in Kashmir today as well

July 20, 2016 08:36

Newspapers failed to hit the stands in Kashmir Valley for the fifth consecutive day. This after publishers and editors alleged that the PDP-BJP government was not speaking in one voice and not owning up the "press emergency" imposed by it.

The decision to was taken after a two-hour meeting of owners and editors of newspapers who met in Srinagar on Tuesday to take stock of the situation, especially after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's advisor Amitabh Mattoo had personally met them on Monday and "apologised".

The announcement came hours after Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said in Delhi that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had told him there was no ban on publication of newspapers in the Valley.

The meeting, which was called for reviewing the 'press emergency' imposed by the government on printing and distribution of newspapers, asked the state government to own up the raids that were carried out on the printing presses during the intervening night of July 15 and 16 when printed newspapers and plates were seized, and even the printing staff was detained.

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