India has the most uncontrollable press, said External Affairs Minister S
Jaishankar on Sunday in response to a question about the low ranking of
India on the press index.
During the interactive session on the Foreign Policy of the Modi
Government, Jaishankar said, “I was amazed at our number. I thought we had
the most uncontrollable press, and somebody is getting something
fundamentally wrong.
Jaishankar on Sunday in response to a question about the low ranking of
India on the press index.
During the interactive session on the Foreign Policy of the Modi
Government, Jaishankar said, “I was amazed at our number. I thought we had
the most uncontrollable press, and somebody is getting something
fundamentally wrong.
Comparing India’s rank with Afghanistan, EAM said, “Afghanistan was freer
than us. Can you imagine? Look, these are all I mean, I see the democracy
index, freedom index, religious freedom index, and press freedom index.”
Terming the press index “mind games,” Mr Jaishankar said that these are the
ways of playing the mind games which are like lowering the rank of the
country whom you don’t like while others do not.
This statement came days after Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released
their press index and ranked India at 161. While Afghanistan stood at 152.
China drops to the second-lowest spot on the 2023 World Freedom Press
Index, standing at 179th rank.
