Media to cease work for a day
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 15 2021:
A meeting of the Editors, members of the Editors' Guild Manipur and Manipur Hill Journalists' Union has resolved to cease work for a day in protest against the non-clearance of Government advertisement bills to various media houses in Manipur.
A statement jointly released by EGM and MHJU today informed that there will be no news bulletin and discussion program for electronic media on December 16 and no publication on December 17 .
The statement added that if no visible action is seen from the Government's side then the media will begin boycotting news related to Ministers followed by Government and the ruling parties.
The joint statement made an appeal to the Government to take up the matter immediately to save the Manipur media.