SME Times News Bureau | 18 Jun, 2018
Vice
President M. Venkaiah Naidu has
urged
the media
to effectively function as Means
of Empowerment
for Development
through Informed
Actions
of people.
Addressing
the professionals of Rajya Sabha Television (RSTV), Naidu
stressed
on the need for a positive and constructive public discourse in the
country on all major issues and reminded the media of it’s role in
the same.
He
said “Public discourse should not be negative, acrimonious and
divisive. It should unite the people and should not seek to divide
them”.
Naidu
said “A nation’s forward march is impacted by the public
discourse in the country. Such a discourse needs to be positive and
constructive aimed at collectively addressing the challenges being
faced by the nation”.
The
Vice President further said “Media, as the fourth pillar of
democracy has an important role in facilitating such a positive
discourse. It needs to highlight the problems, deficiencies in policy
and governance at various levels and present different perspectives
so that people can make informed decisions. Media can be and in fact
needs to be critical without, however, being motivated”.
Stating
that RSTV is an institution of Parliament, Naidu said that the
editorial policy and coverage of the channel should be guided by the
mandate of the Parliament which is catalysing the cause of
socio-economic development by addressing the contemporary and future
challenges.