Soz criticises withdrawal of Kashmiri news bulletin

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Saifud Din Soz Wednesday expressed concern over withdrawal of Kashmiri news bulletin by Prasar Bharti from its list of morning transmissions.

In a statement, Soz said he lodged a complaint with theUnion Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar about the”bureaucratic attitude of his Ministry.”

   

“I informed the Minister that the Prasar Bharti haswithdrawn the Kashmiri news bulletin from its list of morning transmission ofnews,” the statement said. “In my letter, I brought to the notice of theMinister that the Kashmiris were extremely angry with the move by the Ministryand authorities of Prasar Bharti.”

He said it was nearly three decades that Sanskrit bulletinwas followed by Kashmiri news bulletin. “I urged the Minister to rescind theorder of withdrawal of Kashmiri news bulletin,” said the statement.

Meanwhile, Soz said he also talked to Shashi S Vempati,Chairman, Prasar Bharti and urged him to restore the Kashmiri new bulletin,immediately.”He Vempati) assured me that he would personallytake interest in restoration of Kashmiri news bulletin in their dailytransmission of bulletins of the All India Radio,” said Soz.

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