The AAP on Thursday alleged that the BJP-ruled SDMC and EDMC have barred the media from recording and telecasting live the House proceedings of the two civic bodies, in order to keep people in the dark about their “misdeedsâ€.
The party’s chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that the two civic bodies issued orders in this connection on Wednesday. “This ‘Tughlaqi Farman’ is in strong violation of the fundamentals of transparency, which is a must for every governing body,†he said.
The AAP leader strongly condemned the move and stressed on how Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha sessions are aired without fail, making the ban a shameful and appalling step in modern-day democracy. “The BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation issued a ‘Tughlaqi farman’ yesterday, stating that journalists will not be allowed to record or live telecast the proceedings of its House. A similar tyrannical order was issued by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation as well,†he said.
Terming the move, as “suspiciousâ€, he alleged that “this clearly implies that the BJP is up to no good.
Journalists have been barred from recording the MCD sessions to keep the public in the dark about their misdeeds. The BJP wants to hide the truth from the publicâ€.
“The AAP condemns and opposes the BJP-ruled civic bodies’ move to bar the media from recording and telecasting live their House proceedings,†Bharadwaj said.
“It is extremely appalling that the BJP-ruled MCDs, which do not telecast live their House proceedings, have now even restricted media as well from recording or live telecasting the House proceedings,†he charged.
Be it Lok Sabha or Delhi Vidhan Sabha, it is “a standard procedure†for the House proceedings to be aired live to make it available to the public, he said.
“People have the right to know what is happening in the House proceedings.
They should be able to witness which of their problems or development schemes their representative is addressing, and whether their interests are being represented well or not,†Bharadwaj added.
