Channels cross limits: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Mr Rathore said adding the government wanted them to exercise self-regulation
New Delhi: Minister of state for information & broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore on Wednesday said that the government is “very reluctant” about issuing show cause notices to TV news channels, but had to resort to it after some of them crossed the Lakshman Rekha while covering Yakub Memon case.
“The government is always very reluctant to issue notices to channels for breaking the programme code,” Mr Rathore said adding the government wanted them to exercise self-regulation.
The Minister said the country’s territory, which includes frequencies in the air, cannot be used by people “who are against us”. “We issued a showcause notice as the idea was that the channels maintain broadcasts within the parameters where India is not affected,” Mr Rathore said.