Katju faces ire of PCI members

February 18, 2013 23:13

Markandey Katju today faced a stormy session in the Press Council of India meeting when members of the body forced him to defer adoption of reports on the Faizabad riots and the alleged muffling of media in Bihar.

Sources said Katju faced opposition from PCI members when he suggested that a report by a team sent by him to look into the reasons for the recent riots in Faizabad be adopted by them.

Some members also insisted that this issue does not fall within the domain of the Press Council of India. They said the report should confine itself to the role of the media in the reporting of the riots.

Some members also maintained that not just the Faizabad riots but other such events of the recent past should also be included in the report.

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