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Editors Guild condemns attack

New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Thursday condemned the attack on the residence of Kumar Ketkar, Editor of Marathi daily Loksatta, by activists of a little-known outfit. It demanded stringent action against those involved. Activists of the Shivsangram Sangathan attacked Mr. Ketkar’s residence for an editorial critical of the Maharashtra government’s decision to erect a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji off Marine Drive in Mumbai at a cost of Rs.100 crore.

“In a democracy, every editor and journalist has the unfettered right to express his or her views on public issues,” the Guild said in a statement here.

Such independent views need not necessarily meet the approval of the dominant groups and personalities in government and politics and they cannot attack the editor for expressing such views, said the statement issued by Alok Mehta and K.S . Sachidananda Murty, the president and the secretary-general of the Guild respectively.

“The Maharashtra government should ensure that no one, however powerful they might be, would threaten the freedom of the press,” it said. — PTI

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