Congress President Rahul Gandhi took a dig at PM Narendra Modi over the ‘fake news’ order, which was subsequently withdrawn, that threatened to take away accreditation of journalists found propagating fake news.
Gandhi tweeted, “Sensing mounting anger on the 'fake news' notification, the PM orders a U-Turn on his own order. One can clearly see a loss of control and panic setting in now.”
PM Modi, however, withdrew within hours his government's order that threatened to take away the accreditation of journalists involved in producing ‘fake news.’
The order, issued by Information and Broadcasting Ministry warned that journalists would be denied access to the government even on mere accusations of spreading fake news and could lose their accreditation for a limited period or permanently.
Journalists and opposition parties, however, took a serious note of the order and described the guidelines as an attack on press freedom.
