Dialogue and Contact Are Essential for Good Reporting: Home Minister Bala Bachchan
At the National Media Honours convention organised by the Bharatiya Patrakar Sangh in Manawar, Dhar district, Home Minister Bala Bachchan said good reporting depends on dialogue and contact; more than 2,000 journalists from 15 states took part.
The Bharatiya Patrakar Sangh (Indian Journalists' Association) held a National Media Honours convention at Krishna Palace in Manawar, Dhar district. A large number of journalists attended under the leadership of the association's national secretary, Shri Raghuvar Dayal Gohiya. Speaking on the occasion, state Home Minister Shri Bala Bachchan said dialogue and contact are essential for good reporting, and that a journalist must also keep social concerns in mind.
Dr. Vijay Laxmi Sadho, Minister for Medical Education, AYUSH and Culture and minister in charge of Dhar district, was also present as chief guest. The event was presided over by local MLA Hiralal Alawa. More than 2,000 journalists from 15 states took part in the convention.
Bachchan went on to say that journalists have played a commendable role in publicising the government's policies and programmes. He said the government has provided a ₹10,000 honorarium (Samman Shraddha Nidhi) for journalists' welfare, as well as assistance of ₹2 lakh for injury in an accident and ₹15 lakh in case of death in an accident.
Dr. Sadho, the district's minister in charge, said that after the executive, the judiciary and the legislature, the press is the fourth pillar. During the freedom movement, journalists played an important role in carrying news to every citizen through their writing. Since the new government came to power in the state, she said, a river of development has begun to flow. In Madhya Pradesh the culture changes every 40 to 50 kilometres; this culture should flourish and the various cultures should move freely. The government, she said, is promoting Gond culture.
Shrivardhan Trivedi, the well-known anchor of the show 'Sansani', was the main attraction of the event, with a steady stream of people lining up for selfies with him. Also present were district Congress president Balmukund Gautam, Superintendent of Police Aditya Pratap Singh, Additional SP Devendra Patidar, Manawar SDM Shri Satyanarayan Darro, the association's national president Vikram Sen, Rajesh Badal, Prakash Hindustani, Prakash Shrivastava, Shakti Singh, Sudesh Tiwari, retired Additional Director of Public Relations Suresh Tiwari and other senior journalists. The guests honoured senior journalists by presenting them with a bow and arrow and mementos.
Sehore district was also well represented. Under the leadership of the association's Shri Raghuvar Dayal Gohiya, those attending from Sehore included Smt. Pushp Sharma, national president of the association's women's wing; district president Anil Saxena; and senior journalists A.R. Sheikh Munshi, Manoj Dixit 'Mama', Anil Jawariya, Sanjay Tyagi, Santosh Soni, Rahul Malviya, Laxmi Narayan Agrawal, C.L. Kewat and Raja Sharma.
