Uttar Pradesh Journalists Protest by Standing in Neck-Deep Water in River for Freedom of Press

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Uttar Pradesh Journalists Protest by Standing in Neck-Deep Water in River for Freedom of Press

New Delhi (Sputnik): The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has reportedly seen several incidents of reports by journalists resulting in police complaints against them from the local administration. One such infamous instance occurred in September 2019 over a report about a mid-day meal being served in government schools.

A group of journalists are staging a unique protest against the state government by standing in neck-deep water in the Ganges River River that passes through the Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Police have filed complaints against two local journalists — Ajay Bhadauria and Vivek Mishra — allegedly for their video reports.

Police accused the journalist of pointing out that community kitchens in the entire district were closed while Bahaduria reported a single case of closing down a community kitchen.

​The other journalist Vivek Mishra has claimed that “on 25 December, I reported on corruption in cow shelters in the area and an FIR (police complaint) was filed against me on the same. I had made the story with video proof, it was not our opinion, but the district official filed a police complaint against us”.

​”An investigation committee should be formed. There are a lot of problems in the district and we are protesting against the same and district officials involved in corruption activities are harassing journalists for reporting”, he says in the video.

In the video, children were seen sitting on the floor, eating rotis with salt as part of the government’s mid-day meal programme, which provides food to schoolchildren.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Uttar Pradesh Journalists Protest by Standing in Neck-Deep Water in River for Freedom of Press

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