BJP MLA writes to CM Ashok Gehlot, seeks regulation for cover of journalists in Rajasthan

Rajasthan BJP MLA Pratap Singh Singhvi has written to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, demanding {that a} regulation for the safety of journalists be enacted by the Congress authorities within the state.
In the letter dated Sunday, Singhvi, a six-time MLA from Chhabra in Baran district, mentioned that he was knowledgeable by workplace bearers of the Journalists’ Association of Rajasthan (JAR) concerning the dying of Abhishek Soni, a 27-year-old journalist, after an assault.
A video journalist, Soni died at a hospital in Jaipur on December 23, a fortnight after the assault on the evening of December 8. Three males assaulted Soni close to a roadside eatery in Jaipur after he confronted them, asking why they have been looking at his feminine pal, who’s an worker of a personal information channel and was additionally injured within the assault.
The police had mentioned that the attackers have been college students.
In his letter to the CM, Singhvi additionally talked about two different incidents of assaults on a photojournalist and a journalist who reportedly uncovered an alleged nexus between police and the sand mafia.
Singhvi mentioned the federal government ought to enact a ‘Journalist Protection Act’. “There should be a mechanism for the protection of journalists. Journalists show the mirror to society and also report the truth. Politicians talk about their parties but journalists present the gist of an issue,” Singhvi instructed The Indian Express on Sunday.
On circumstances filed towards journalists in BJP-ruled states, Singhvi mentioned “I can only talk about Rajasthan. I am not that big a leader to talk about the entire country. Other states can take Rajasthan’s lead and enact similar laws. We should be a model state in this.”
Hari Ballabh Meghwal, state president, JAR, mentioned that it has been their long-standing demand that the state authorities convey a regulation for the safety of journalists.
The ruling Congress hit again on the BJP over the letter by Singhvi, who’s a identified loyalist of former chief minister Vasundhara Raje.
“The only places where journalists are most unsafe today are BJP-ruled states. They (BJP) should first look into that,” Raghu Sharma, state minister for info and public relations instructed The Indian Express on Sunday.

Months after the political disaster in Rajasthan, on October 1 final 12 months, an FIR was filed towards former deputy CM Sachin Pilot’s aide Lokendra Singh and Aaj Tak’s Rajasthan Editor Sharat Kumar, accusing them of spreading “misleading and fake news” relating to accusations made in August.
Singh approached the excessive courtroom in October searching for quashing of the FIR. During a listening to on December 1, the HC stayed any coercive motion by the police towards Singh until the disposal of the case.
Later, the Rajasthan police filed its remaining report within the telephone tapping case, saying that “origin” of the WhatsApp texts — on the idea of which the FIR was filed— “could not be established”.