Journalists will assemble at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh to protest government inaction over their demands
Journalists will assemble at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh to protest government inaction over their demands
Around a hundred journalists from 16 news organisations across the state will begin an indefinite hunger strike at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh today to protest government inaction regarding their demands of a CBI inquiry into the murder of MiD DAY reporter J Dey and the passage of an ordinance on categorising attacks on journalists as cognisable and non-bailable offences.
Media personnel from across the spectrum had marched from the Sangh office near CST to Mantralaya on Monday with a charter of demands following Dey's murder, but were disappointed at the CM being non-committal on these issues.
u00a0
They had then issued a 48-hour ultimatum for going on a chain hunger strike, which expired last night.
Kiran Naik, convenor of the Committee Against Attacks on Journalists, said, "Today, representatives from various news organisations will sit on a fast between 9 am and 5 pm.
u00a0
We are expecting around 100 people."u00a0 Naik added that journalists from other set-ups would join the fast tomorrow and continue until their demands are met.
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
