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KPA condemns ‘malicious campaign’
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Tuesday, 25 March 2014
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Srinagar: In an emergency meeting of
Jammu Kashmir Press Association (KPA) held today under the chairmanship
of its president, Ghulam Hassan Kaloo, the executive members deliberated
upon the “Table News” published in English daily, “Hindu”, by its local
Correspondent which is quite ‘misleading, concocted and a figment of
imagination’.
In a statement issued to GNS, the KPA said: “The said
Correspondent has tried to mislead the Election Commission of India and the
J&K State Officials by reporting that the Jammu and Kashmir Information
Department is releasing payments to the newspapers, both local and national
dailies, on account of advertisement against the directions enunciated in the
Model Code of Conduct laid down by the Election Commission of India.”
“The fact of the matter being that such payments pertain
to the advertisements of the last year which could not be cleared by the
Information Department due to paucity of funds .Hence it is a committed
expenditure and does not violate the said Code of Conduct as pointed out and
published in the said newspaper,” the KPA said.
The executive members expressed satisfaction and hailed
the efforts of the Principal Secretary to CM/Commissioner Secretary Information
Department, B.B. Vyas and Tasaduq Jeelani, Director Information Department for
striving hard to arrange funds for the disbursement of liabilities among the
Printers/Publishers of newspapers under circulation in India in general and the
State of J&K in particular. (GNS)
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