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Dinesh Trivedi frowns on Katju remarks

1 December 2012

NEW DELHI, 1 DEC: Trinamul MP Dinesh Trivedi today questioned Press Council of India chairperson Justice Markandey Katju's critical remarks on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, that she seemed to have become “increasingly intolerant and whimsical”, and said that airing of personal opinions by authorities against constitutional entities could lead to a “free-for-all.” “The Chairman of the Press Council of India has given unsolicited advise to the Hon'ble Chief Minister of West Bengal which was made public, perhaps for reasons of publicity, otherwise such unsolicited advise could have been kept strictly personal and confidential,” Mr Trivedi said in a statement here. “Therefore, one would have every reason to suspect as to the motive of such personal comments. Chief Ministers are democratically elected and states are governed by the rule of law,” he said. On a visit to Kolkata, Mr Katju had said that Miss Banerjee seemed to have become “increasingly intolerant and whimsical” and asked her to mend her ways. Miss Banerjee had retorted that she would not function to anyone's diktats. pti