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Ravneet Bittu gets Akaal Channel banned in India


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Anyone got any more info on this story, and its motives ?

https://www.sikh24.com/2020/06/06/finally-ravneet-bittu-gets-akaal-channel-banned-in-india/#.Xttyk0VKjIU

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—After the objections of Congress parliamentarian Ravneet Bittu, the Akaal Channel has been banned in India. On June 3, Ravneet Bittu had posted a video demanding ban on Akaal Channel.  

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Sharing the information from his Facebook wall, Akaal Channel’s host Harpreet Singh Makhu posted a screenshot of inaccessibility to Akaal Channel in India.

Daily Post’s renowned journalist Simranjot Singh Makkar has condemned ban on Akaal Channel while terming it against the freedom of the media. He has appealed every media person to oppose the ban on Akaal Channel.

“On the recommendation of parliamentarian Ravneet Bittu, YouTube has banned Akaal Channel in India. It’s against the freedom of the press. I condemn it. Today, they have banned Akaal Channel and tomorrow they will ban us and a day after tomorrow, they will ban you. Every media person should condemn this,” Simranjot Singh Makkar wrote from his Facebook wall.  

It is pertinent to note here that the Article 19 of Indian constitution guarantees freedom of speech and expression to every citizen of India but the Indian state has always suppressed the voice of minorities under the pretext of danger to “national integrity”. 

 

https://www.sikh24.com/2020/06/04/video-ravneet-bittu-seeks-ban-on-akaal-channel/#.Xtty6UVKjIU

By Sikh24 Editors -June 4, 2020
 

CHANDIGARH, Punjab—Congress parliamentarian Ravneet Bittu, who is the grandson of ignominious former Punjab CM Beant “Singh”, has sought ban on Akaal Channel while accusing it of airing the content which can pose threat to national integrity of India. He has leveled allegations of promoting content rich of anti-India intent on Akaal Channel. 

Citing a recent interview of former militant Rashpal Singh Chhandra’s son aired by Akaal Channel, Ravneet Bittu has said that the Akaal Channel was trying to incite children of militants to follow the path of their parents. 

It is pertinent to note here that Akaal Channel’s host Harpreet Singh Makhu had recently interviewed Bhai Rashpal Singh Chhandra’s son in which he had exposed state excesses on his family. 

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Bhai Rashpal Singh Chhandra was brutally killed by the Punjab police cops in 1992. His skin was burnt using hot metal, his legs were separated from the middle, his eyes were pulled out using hot iron rods by the cops during torture. 

However, Ravneet Bittu has tried to justify police brutalities on Bhai Rashpal Singh Chhandra by terming him a “dreaded terrorist” who killed Congress leaders and around 17 migrant workers in Ludhiana. 

Meanwhile, renowned Punjabi journalist Simranjot Singh Makkar has said that if Ravneet Bittu has any complaint about the content being aired on Akaal Channel then he should talk to the owner or editor of the channel. “However, banning a channel was against the freedom of speech and expression guaranteed in Article 19(1)(a) of Indian Constitution,” he added. 

 

 

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Banning media news organizations no matter how much they may hate them smacks of a totalitarian state not a genuine free society democracy.

When the UK banned Iranian "press TV" and was thinking of banning RussiaTV (RT) it pushed itself further into fascism and totalitarian state. Leading itself down a slippery slope. We all know India is a totalitarian state with  limited freedoms and rights for the average working class citizen let alone minorities.

So definitely it all should be challenged. They keep passing laws that people are not protesting against and thats the problem. The more unjust anti-freedom laws they pass in the guise of fighting anti-national news or terrorism the less genuine unbiased journalism there will be and the less free people will be to report on corruption of the ruling elites.

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