Hyderabad: Telangana sarkar ke Media Accreditation Rules 2025 (G.O.Ms.No.252) ko lekar patrakar biradari mein sakht bechaini paayi ja rahi hai. Hitech Print & Electronic Media Association ne naye qawaid ko na-insaafana qarar dete hue Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana ko ek tahreeri memorandum pesh kiya hai.
Association ka kehna hai ke naye rules ke baad badi tadaad mein sahafiyon ki accreditation ya toh radd kar di gayi ya phir ghata di gayi, jo awaam ki awaaz buland karne wali sahafat ke liye nainsaafi hai. Memorandum mein is baat par bhi zor diya gaya hai ke jab sarkar mukhtalif mehkmon mein asamiyaan badha rahi hai, toh media ke liye accreditation par ghair-zaroori pabandiyan lagana lajawab nahi hai.
Association ne circulation limits, TRP rankings, income thresholds aur digital media caps jaise parameters ko be-buniyaad batate hue kaha ke inka accreditation ke maqsad se koi wazeh taluq nahi banta.
Memorandum ke mutabiq, yeh naye qawaid Hon’ble Telangana High Court ke faisle (Thatikonda Krishna vs State of Telangana, 01-08-2024) ke bhi khilaaf hain. In rules ka fori nafaz sarkari maloomat tak rasai aur journalist welfare ko shadeed mutasir karega.
Association ne yeh bhi kaha ke kai cable TV channels bina kisi sarkari ishtihar ke awaam ki khidmat kar rahe hain. Aise mein accreditation mein katauti se khabron ki coverage par rukaawat paida hogi, khaaskar jab kai mehkme bina accreditation coverage ki ijazat nahi dete.
Hitech Media Association ne sarkar se naye rules ki muallaqi (suspension), purane framework ke tehat accreditation jaari rakhne, aur media tanzeemon ke saath shaffaf review process shuru karne ka mutalba kiya hai. Saath hi, personal hearing ka bhi darkhwast di gayi hai.