Naxalism major challenge before Jharkhand: Sonia

Patna (IMC Bureau):

Terming naxalism as the foremost challenge before Jharkhand, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said violence cannot be a solution to any problem and that everything can be solved through dialogue.

“Non-violence is the only way to solve all problems. The Congress believes that problems can be solved peacefully and through dialogue,” Gandhi said while addressing poll meetings in Dhanbad and Dumka.

This state (Jharkhand) has many challenges in hand with “naxalism being the foremost.”

“There is no place for violence in democracy,” she said, adding that youth have strayed away as they have been deprived of proper education and employment.

Appealing to the people to vote for the Congress/JVM-P to end political instability in the state, Gandhi, without naming anybody, said some groups had only served their own interests.

“Jharkhand needs a visionary leadership to change its fate. The UPA at the Centre has showed its leadership since 2004, and got the mandate again,” she said.

CJI criticises media for coverage on terror attacks

New Delhi (IMC Bureau) :

Cautioning media about the ill-effects of unrestrained coverage of terror attacks, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Saturday said that it can provoke a disproportionate level of anger among people leading to irrational desire for retribution.

Speaking at an International Conference of Jurists on Terrorism in New Delhi, he said if terrorists attacks were attributed to individuals belonging to a certain ethnic or religious community then it may result in unreasonable discrimination and retaliation against ordinary members of that community.

“We must take note of the fact that the symbolic impact of terrorist attacks on the minds of ordinary citizens has also been considerably amplified by pervasive media coverage.

“The proliferation of 24-hour news channels and the digital medium has ensured that quite often some disturbing images and statements reach a wide audience within a short span of time,” he said in his address to the two-day conference which was inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil.

Law Minister Veerapa Moily and eminent jurists from various countries were present.

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