Complaint against editors who opposed citizenship Bill, Centre asks Assam to act

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Assam government to “take necessary action” on a complaint by a right-leaning legal activism body against three editors, a journalist-activist and a TV channel for allegedly propagating “militant ideology… to give fresh boost to ULFA” ever “since the issue of Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016 started creating waves in North East India”.
The editors named in the complaint have called it an attack on the freedom of the press and free speech. Two of the three have been vocal in their criticism of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
The MHA North East Division letter dated April 16, signed by Under Secretary Sanjeev Kumar and addressed to Ashutosh Agnihotri, Assam Commissioner and Secretary (Home and Political), and Kuladhar Saikia, Director General of Police, asked them to take “necessary action” on the complaint by Vinay Joshi who heads the Maharashtra-based Legal Rights Observatory (LRO). It said “the applicant may be informed directly”.

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