The journalists associations are launching protest programmes against the YCP government’s media gag order. There are fears that GO 2430 issued by CM Jagan will allow bureaucrats to file criminal cases in respect of baseless reports. The journalists now face the grim prospects of getting immediately arrested for writing anything that hurts the ruling party or the government.

TDP boss Chandrababu Naidu had declared that their party would extend all support to the agitating journalists till the YCP government withdraws the controversial GO. He says that the national media is fighting back strongly against Jagan Reddy’s draconian order. But the state level Andhra media is not opposing it strongly. Obviously, the state media are afraid of going to jail under Jagan rule. Such fears were not there among journalists even during the YS Rajasekhar Reddy Regime.