Centre prohibits airing of two Malayalam news channels Asianet News, Media One over Delhi violence reporting

The Centre has prohibited transmission of two Malayalam news channels, Asianet News and Media One, for 48-hours accusing of hurting communal sentiments while reporting the north-east Delhi violence.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued the separate orders on Friday imposing the prohibition on the transmission or re-transmission of the channels for 48 hours from 7.30 pm on Friday.

BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the non-executive chairman of Jupiter capital which is the major investor in Asianet News.

The Kerala Union of Working Journalist strongly condemned the decision and called for a demonstration on Saturday.