Journalist unions in A.P. condemn Jagan’s comments on media

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Journalist unions person condemned the remarks made by erstwhile Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy against media organisations recently.

In a connection released connected Saturday, Indian Journalist Union (IJU) wide caput D. Somasundar, A.P. Union of Working Journalists president I.V. Subba Rao, and A.P. Electronic Media Journalists Association president Yechuri Shiva said it is inappropriate for the erstwhile Chief Minister to talk astir definite nationalist media organisations becoming corrupt.

They said Mr. Jagan’s remarks bespeak his long-standing disregard for the media.

The national leaders pointed retired that portion serving arsenic the Chief Minister and present arsenic the president of a governmental party, and besides being the caput of a media organisation himself, it is unbecoming of him to repeatedly marque defamatory and disparaging comments astir the media.

They criticised the information that portion successful the Opposition, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy has not changed his tone. They described the comments arsenic unfortunate, recalling that during the YSRCP’s tenure, Mr. Jagan had often targeted definite media organisations, with repeated verbal attacks.

Published - April 04, 2026 09:18 p.m. IST

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