Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday claimed that police did not arrest any scribe and asserted that digital journalists are not recognised by the state government.
The state government’s Directorate of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) does not officially recognise journalists working for portals or YouTube channels as recognised or accredited mediapersons, the CM said when asked about the arrest of digital journalist Dilwar Hussain Mozumder at a press conference here.
The state government does not provide them with registrations, advertisements or identity cards and “they do not qualify as journalists according to our norms,” Sarma said.