NEW DELHI, May 2:
Prasar Bharti CEO Jawhar Sircar today made yet another attack on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, for keeping the Government hold on the public broadcaster.
In a letter to the Prasar Bharti board, Mr Sircar is also understood to have admitted that certain portions of the Narendra Modi interview on Doordarshan were “apparently edited”, according to sources.
The CEO said that he had been receiving queries from the public as to whether Doordarshan had edited out certain portions of the Gujarat Chief Minister’s interview, telecast on April 27. “It appeared that while portions critical on Doordarshan were telecast, certain comments from other personalities were apparently edited in the interview.” Mr Sircar said the Prasar Bharti board had passed several resolutions in the last two years demanding more operational autonomy from the Ministry, but could not succeed.
BJP had yesterday condemned Doordarshan for editing out those portions from the Modi interview, in which he had referred to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Mr Sircar had a few months back also shot off a letter to the Ministry, protesting against the alleged Government interference in the working of the Prasar Bharti.
Meanwhile, the Doordarshan journalist who conducted Narendra Modi interview, which has become a subject of controversy, has tweeted that the entire version of the interview should have been telecast.
He, however, added that he is not the final authority.
In a post on twitter on April 30, Ashok Shrivastav said, “the original interview was 56 minutes but I got half an hour chunk. (so) We telecast 34 minutes.”
He posted more tweets on the same day adding that he felt that full version should have been telecast. “Professionally I feel we should have telecast full versions.”
In another post he said the important portion of the interview should not have been edited.
“And professionally I also feel that portion is important shouldn’t edited. I am not final authority,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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