In a calculated move to not only muffle the freedom of expression, but to make the entire media subservient to finance capital, the government has come out with its plans to gag the print media as well as All India Radio.

Crushing the diversity in our compossite culture, an initiative has been taken by the BJP-led NDA Government to streamline the media and force singularity in the multi-lingual news services division of the All India Radio. Such steps have always been taken whenever the NDA has come to power.

It has not been done without reason since the entire blueprint is almost ready. The attempts to shift the language bulletins get a fresh lease of life whenever the NDA Government is in power. Sindhi, Kannada and Telugu bulletins in Delhi were killed in 2005 as planned by the then NDA Government, and again the unfinished agenda has been vigorously taken up. From March 1, 2017, Assamese, Odiya and Tamil bulletins will stop broadcasts from Delhi, only to be followed by other languages as they too will be stopped from March 15, 2017.