Terming its May 6 defamation circular against media as being “draconian”, an article in RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ has attacked the Kejriwal government for attempting to take away the freedom of speech and expression and for giving the message that “both sides of a coin are mine”.
The article, ‘Draconian Circular’, written by a Supreme Court advocate in the latest edition of ‘Organiser’, said that through the circular, Kejriwal and his Cabinet showed that they love the “suitability factor” most and to have both sides of a coin without caring that such an attack on media is “anti-democratic and unconstitutional”.
“The circular issued by Arvind Kejriwal against media is a clear attempt to take away the Freedom of Speech and Expression. Though the Supreme Court stayed the Draconian Circular, the question over Kejriwal’s intention to use and then abuse media needs to be interrogated,” the article said. It also said the circular has raised a burning topic for discussion by providing a mechanism for registering complaints of defamatory news or actions of the Fourth Estate in order to cover theCM, Cabinet and various other Delhi government functionaries.