UPA tenure sees surge in attempts on media curbs

Last month, Congress MP Meenakshi Natarajan, reportedly close to Rahul Gandhi, the party's general secretary, proposed a legislation that sought to regulate the media. The private member's bill, subsequently disowned by the ruling Congress after uproar, sought to empower the government to ban coverage of an event that may pose a threat to national security. The bill also prescribes detailed 'standards' that the media should follow.

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