Against Misuse of Media's Credibility by Bengal Police
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Subject - Misuse of the credibility of Media by the Govt of West Bengal
Respectable Prime Minister
The West Bengal CID and Police have arrested a leader of lalgarh movement Chhatradhar Mahto posing themselves as media person. This is very objectionable as it is a misuse of the credibility and good name of the media. This is also an encroachment in the autonomy of Media.
In a democratic country like India, each and every institution has its own duties as well as each of them have been provided certain space, authority and liberty to execute their responsibility. No institution has any right to encroach the autonomy of other institution.
The media persons are visiting in various remote areas including "Disturbed" fields and they also have to meet with various people including any accused person to collect news and to expose various socio-political-economic conflicts of the society. The media has a credit to keep its sources secret and to not harm somebody during their news gathering process.
Therefore, the act of West Bengal Government through its CID and Police is totally unethical and unpermitable. It has created a big threat to the media persons especially for them who are visiting to various remote areas of so-called insurgency. Now, every body will suspect on the identity of even the real media persons and they will not co-operate them as well as some of the media persons may be attacked in suspicion of being a policeman or CID person.
We request you to take appropriate action against misuse of the credibility of the media as well as encroachment in the autonomy of media. We also urge to initiate a process to prepare a Law to prevent such misuse and to protect the autonomy of the media.
Subject - Misuse of the credibility of Media by the Govt of West Bengal
Respectable Prime Minister
The West Bengal CID and Police have arrested a leader of lalgarh movement Chhatradhar Mahto posing themselves as media person. This is very objectionable as it is a misuse of the credibility and good name of the media. This is also an encroachment in the autonomy of Media.
In a democratic country like India, each and every institution has its own duties as well as each of them have been provided certain space, authority and liberty to execute their responsibility. No institution has any right to encroach the autonomy of other institution.
The media persons are visiting in various remote areas including "Disturbed" fields and they also have to meet with various people including any accused person to collect news and to expose various socio-political-economic conflicts of the society. The media has a credit to keep its sources secret and to not harm somebody during their news gathering process.
Therefore, the act of West Bengal Government through its CID and Police is totally unethical and unpermitable. It has created a big threat to the media persons especially for them who are visiting to various remote areas of so-called insurgency. Now, every body will suspect on the identity of even the real media persons and they will not co-operate them as well as some of the media persons may be attacked in suspicion of being a policeman or CID person.
We request you to take appropriate action against misuse of the credibility of the media as well as encroachment in the autonomy of media. We also urge to initiate a process to prepare a Law to prevent such misuse and to protect the autonomy of the media.
389 Signatures
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sandeep g
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Nikhil A
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- Police in disguise of a journalist......now who will believe us - the journalists?
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Nisha J
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- height of shamelessness
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Anil A
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- I also support this petition. Immediate action should be taken by the PMO
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ramesh r
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- very bad parctis
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aviral k
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Koel D
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Neela H
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Amit Kumar J
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- I am fully agree with the views
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Kamal A
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- This is shame. I protest it
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Raghavendra P
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- Isaka Virodh hona chahiye
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Raghavendra P
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- Isaka Virodh hona chahiye
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Md. Shamim A
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- Ye WB Police ne sarasar galat kiya hai. Ye silsila aage na chale isske liye poore samaj ko aage aana chahiye
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Md. Shamim A
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- Ye WB Police ne sarasar galat kiya hai. Ye silsila aage na chale isske liye poore samaj ko aage aana chahiye
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amit b
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Sanjay
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- Its not right. We shall oppose it
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Jay N
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- I do protest
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Vinay M
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- I support the views of the petition and request to everybody to support it
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Vinay M
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- I support the views of the petition and request to everybody to support it
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sandeep g
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Nikhil A
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- Police in disguise of a journalist......now who will believe us - the journalists?
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Sadia B
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Tarun S
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Kumar H
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- punishable offence by police dep....
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Nisha J
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- height of shamelessness
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Ranjay J
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Suprandeep B
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- Wrongful act. should be condemned by all.
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Sushil A
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- I also protest this.
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kunal
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jeetendra s
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Sampath
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Rangnath S
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Santosh M
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Anushka A
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- The police is getting horrible day by day. Oh Lord! Save our country.
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Anand M
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- I vehemently oppose this act of police dept..
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michal c
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- sem-sem
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chaitanyabhatt
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- its a very objectional attitude adopted by bengal police i condemed this type of missuse of media person
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law kumar m
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- Save mediapersons from being killed
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R.K.Prasad
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- I also support this petition.
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pappu b
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- this is wrong and the story of baba bharti
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R.N.Singh
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- This is indeed unethical.
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NUPUR B
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- stop misuse of media
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Sandeep A
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Devendra g
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- very shameful and objectionalable
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Devendra g
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- very shameful and objectionalable
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arvind k
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Durgesh J
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- I support the views of the petition
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Divya G
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- It is highly condemnable
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Divya G
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- It is highly condemnable
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Vinod Kumar G
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