Amritsar: Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) youth wing has criticised the Government of Jammu and Kashmir for imposing ban on ‘Kashmir Reader’ newspaper. Terming the move as autocratic and undemocratic, Youth Akali Dal leader Papalpreet Singh said that on one side Indian state claims itself to be a largest democratic country in the world but in practice it doesn’t refrain from muzzling the fourth pillar of democracy. Expressing solidarity with ‘Kashmir Reader’, YADA leader has sought revoke of ban on daily ‘Kashmir Reader’.
Notably, going ahead in suppressing the voice of Kashmir masses, the Indian government had invoked ban on daily newspaper ‘Kashmir Reader’. Using the powers of Newspapers Incitement Act, Press and Publications Act and the section 144 of Cr.P.C (Code of Criminal Procedure), the Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar had imposed ban on ‘Kashmir Reader’ accusing it for publishing the content vulnerable to ‘peace’ and ‘tranquillity’ of J&K territory.
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The order issued by Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar reads, ‘There are sufficient reasons to invoke the powers vested in me by Section 144 Cr.P.C (Code of Criminal Procedure) read with Section 3 of News Papers Incitement of offences Act, 1971 and Section 10 of Press and Publication Act, 1989 and proceed further in the matter by passing a. conditional order of stopping the printing and publishing of News Paper namely Kashmir Reader through printing presses mentioned above’.