DDC elections: Scribes decry arrangements at Bandipora, stage protest
Bandipora: The scribes of different media organizations on Tuesday walked out of the mini-secretariat Bandipora and staged a sit-in protest against the administration for failing to provide adequate facilities to them for covering the election results, they said in a statement.
In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the media fraternity said, despite pleading with the authorities, no arrangements were made for them.
Denouncing the treatment meted with the fraternity, the President Bandipora Journalist association president, Mohammad Syed Beigh said, “there are no proper arrangements for media and we are being made to move from pillar to post since early morning”.
The association’s of both Sumbal and Bandipora have registered a strong protest against the administration, the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, President Sumbal media association Inayat Hajini said, ” it is a shame and we strongly protest this attitude.”—(KNO)
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