News broadcasters body ‘deplores’ Sonia’s suggestion of ban on media ads by govt

The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) on Tuesday “strongly deplored” Sonia Gandhi’s suggestion of imposing a ban on media advertisements by the government and PSUs for two years, saying the Congress president’s call was “highly demoralising” for media personnel.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi made various suggestions for fighting COVID-19 including imposing a “complete ban on media advertisements – television, print and online – by the government and Public Sectors Undertakings (PSUs) for a period of two years”.

NBA strongly deplores the suggestion by the Congress President to impose a complete ban on media advertisements, the news broadcasters body’s president Rajat Sharma said in a statement.