MLA Rajesh Kachhap had raised many issues including implementation of Journalist Protection Act
Ranchi Desk : Journalist Council of India Jharkhand Unit (JCI Jharkhand) has expressed gratitude for Khijri MLA Rajesh Kachhap raising the issue of journalists in the House. JCI has also called this a positive change in the attitude of politicians towards journalists.
JCI National Executive Committee Member Ashok Jha issued a statement saying that the results of JCI’s struggles are now being visible on the ground. This is the reason why the attitude of politicians has improved towards journalists. This is a positive sign.
JCI Jharkhand Thanks MLA
What did MLA Rajesh Kachhap say in the House?
It is worth mentioning that Khijri MLA Rajesh Kachhap had raised the issue of implementation of Journalist Protection Act during Zero Hour in Jharkhand Assembly. He had said that not only fake cases are being filed against medium and small journalists, but they are also being attacked recently during news coverage.
Rajesh Kachhap had said that a journalist is the mirror of the society, who performs his duty to show the truth without caring for his life. He also demanded the Government to implement the Journalist Protection Act, constitute a Journalist Commission, give priority to journalists in free insurance, pension and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
JCI Jharkhand Expresses Gratitude
JCI has been making the above demand for the last 3 years
JCI National Executive Committee Member Ashok Jha said that our organisation has been making the above demands from the Government for the last 3 years. For this, requests have been made several times to the Chief Minister, the Governor, officials of the Information and Public Relations Department and other Government officials.
He said that we journalists keep raising voice for everyone, but no one wants to come forward to listen, understand and solve our pain. MLA Rajesh Kachhap has expressed our pain before the Government by raising our long-standing demands in the Assembly. For this, Journalist Council of India expresses gratitude to MLA Rajesh Kachhap.
-VisheshNews.Com Bureau
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