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Several press bodies have condemned the takeover of the administration of the Kashmir Press Club by a group of journalists on Saturday. In a statement released on Sunday, the Editors Guild of India described the chain of events as a “hostile takeover” and demanded immediate restoration of the status quo.
On Saturday, a group of journalists had entered the press club accompanied by paramilitary forces and held an election to appoint functionaries for the Kashmir Press Club. A day before the takeover, the Jammu and Kashmir administration had suspended the registration of the press club.
Then it was announced on the press club’s official WhatsApp group and email address that “various journalist organisations across Kashmir valley unanimously decided to form an interim body of three members with M Saleem Pandit as president, Zulfikar Majid, [the] bureau chief of [the] Deccan Herald as general secretary and Arshid Rasool, editor [of the] Daily Gadyal as [the] rreasurer of the club till elections are held in free and fair manner,” according to Newslaundry.
A brazen attempt to overthrow elected body representing over 300 journalists today by a ‘group of journalists’. Accompanied by government forces, they barged into #Kashmir Press Club and arbitrarily appointed themselves as President, General Secretary, Treasurer.
It was a coup! pic.twitter.com/yTq3A0KKNk
— Aakash Hassan (@AakashHassan) January 15, 2022
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