Stanley Pignal of The Economist, was denied entry at the the RBI’s press conference on Monetary Policy Review today. Pignal tweeted: “@theeconomist is no longer invited to RBI policy meeting press conferences. Won't let me in. Sad day for transparency.” This is a surprising decision, given that Pignal was granted an interview with then Governor Raghuram Rajan in June. He said no explanation was given as to why the RBI had blackballed The Economist. Does it have anything to do with the magazine’s critical coverage of demonetisation?