Tearing into the NDA-led Central Government over the raids on media outlet NewsClick, Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor said that the government was wrong with their approach and the raids reflected their insecurity. “I think it was rather deplorable what the government did. They confiscated the laptops and work tools of journalists. They interrogated many journalists for several hours and arrested a couple of people. I find this really reprehensible. Freedom of the press is fundamental to any democracy. In India, we have a very long history of Supreme Court judgements upholding the freedom of the press,” said MP Tharoor. He added, “To my mind, what happened yesterday was a disgrace to our democracy and to our traditions of freedom. I believe the government erred. If there is a charge of foreign funding that is illegal or improper then there are right ways of investigating the owners. There is something really wrong with this kind of approach. These are the actions of a very insecure and autocratic government. This is truly unacceptable.”

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