Doordarshan, All India Radio refuse to air Tripura chief minister's speech

Agartala | Wednesday | 16th August, 2017

Summary:

There was no response to TOI's repeated attempts to reach Prasar Bharati chairman A Surya Prakash for a comment. "Sarkar, in his unaired speech, a copy of which TOI has in its possession, said, "Unity in diversity is India's traditional heritage. If that had been the case, we would have had problems with other chief ministers as well." "The Tripura CM, who has commandeered the north-eastern state for the last 19 years, also said, "These unholy tendencies cannot be harboured or tolerated. These disruptive attempts are contrary to the goals, dreams and ideals of our freedom struggle..