I&B ministry pulls up TV channels for objectionable content amid CAA protests

The ministry of information and broadcasting has asked all television channels to refrain from showing objectionable content amid growing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act across the country.

This is the second such communication in less than 10 days. The last advisory by the I&B ministry was issued on 11 December when the Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha, after which protests had broken out in several parts of the country.

“It is observed that notwithstanding the above Advisory, some TV channels are telecasting content which do not appear to be in the spirit of the Programme Codes specified therein.