Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday slammed the local media outlets operating in the UT for their coverage of the developments around Martyrs’ Day on Sunday.
He said, “Yesterday’s coverage around the event enabled people to distinguish between the cowards and the ones with guts and the morally upright ones.”
On Monday, Omar on his social media handle X said, “Take a look at our local newspapers—both from Jammu & from Srinagar, English & vernacular. You’ll be able to distinguish the cowards from the ones with guts.”
He said the majority of the local media outlets cowardly ignored the fact that the entire elected government, with most of its representatives, was put under house arrest.
Omar furiously said, “The cowards have completely buried the fact that the entire elected government was locked up yesterday along with most elected representatives. The newspapers with some guts have put it on the front page. Shame on the sell-outs who buried the story; I hope the size of the envelope was worth it.”
Omar accused media outlets of compromising ethics for money and said he was disappointed with the coverage of the media, both English and vernacular ones.
Meanwhile, on Sunday all major parties except the BJP, said the LG administration on Sunday put them under house arrest to prevent them from paying tributes to the 22 people who fell to the bullets of forces of Maharaja Hari Singh in 1931.
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