MANDYA/BENGALURU:
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked the journalists as to what is the use of crow debates and programmes that builds superstition among the people.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Inter-District Journalists’ Conference held at Srikshetra Adichunchanagiri Mutt under the aegis of Karnataka Working Journalists Association.
If a crow sits on a car, how will it help to the people of the state? TV channels discussed about this calling astrologers to the panel. Astrologers said I would lose power. They also said that I will lose power if I visited Chamrajnagar. But I have completed my first tenure and have become CM for second term. What is the value of the astrologers words who had predicted things when the crow sat on the car ? channels should not carry or conduct news and discussions on such superstitions, he said.
ಶ್ರೀಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಆದಿಚುಂಚನಗಿರಿ ಮಠ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರತ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರ ಸಂಘದ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತಾಶ್ರಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಅಂತರ ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನವನ್ನು ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ @siddaramaiah ಅವರು ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದರು.
— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) October 31, 2023
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Authentic news should be carried. Channels should get themselves into a ridiculous situation by writing news out of imagination. Stop airing distorted news. The channels hide the context in which I have spoken and make news out of it. The CM said this is wrong.
Feel free to write if there are any mistakes in my government. He called upon to honestly convey whether the government has lived upto its promises, whether it is working for the people or not.
The CM clarified that he has never called any media people when lies about him were written , distorted news was broadcasted and he has never asked why they have lied. News about good deeds of the governments should also conveyed.. He also advised the media people that they have freedom of speech which has to be used with dignity.
The programme was held under the devine presence of Jagadguru Nirmalananda Maha Swamiji of Srikshetra Adichunchanagiri Mahasansthan., Agriculture Minister Chalyavarayaswamy was the chief guest of the programme.
State President of Working Journalists Association Shivananda Tagaduru, MLAs Ravi Ganiga, Dinesh Gooligowda, Ramesh Bandi Siddegowda, Narendra Swami and district presidents of Journalists Associations of Mandya, Mysore, Madikeri, Chamarajanagar and Officers were present.
