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Press Council on Massacre of Newspersons
Journalists take out a procession on May 24, 2017
Journalists take out a procession on May 24, 2017, condemning the unprovoked police lathi charge on May 22.The peaceful rally began from
Press Club, Kolkata,where many journalists’ organizations, including the IJA, participated. Pix: Bibhash Lodh.
Journalists can never be put on uniforms
IJA condemns attack on media
Kolkata media took to street on Tuesday, May 23, to protest against unprovoked lathi charge by Police on Monday, May 22 while covering a public rally by a political party. Scores of photo journalists, camerapersons and reporters were injured in the incident which was severely condemned in a statement by IJA President, Sekhar Sengupta. Pix: Bibhash Lodh.
IJA lauds Maharashtra Govt. bill to protect media
Shri Devendra Fadnavis,
Hon’ble Chief Minister,
Government of Maharashtra
MUMBAI.
Respected Shri Devendra Fadnavisji,
We, the Indian Journalists Association (IJA), the premier organization
of media persons in West Bengal which was established in 1922,
congratulate you for moving a Bill in the Maharashtra Assembly and
getting it passed unanimously to protect the media persons and media
houses from attack.
Thus Maharashtra has become the first State in the country to enact a
Bill to protect journalists by passing the landmark Maharashtra
Mediapersons and Media Institutions Bill on April 7, 2017.
Executive Council of the Indian Journalists’ Association (I.J.A.) for 2017
Massacre of Newspersons
Dusts have not settled yet. The sacking and firing of hired hands in the Fourth Estate are not coming to an end. Everybody there is a sacrificial lamb. The noble profession of journalism has turned into a hotbed of intrigues, fear, suspicion and a sense of helplessness has gripped almost all in the desk and on the field. The journalists are pushed on the firing line by the power that be, by the Press Barons.
The premier organization in the East, Ananda Bazar (ABP) Group, has already given marching orders to unknown numbers of scribes. It is feared that a total of 760 employees there would see the end of journey because the management feels that the organization has become too flabby and a trimming operation is inescapable. Result: terminate the employees. Already some 250 of them has suffered with early retirement or just given the lethal marching orders.
Contact numbers of EC members – 2016
| Sekhar Sengupta | 9836664211 |
| Anindya Sengupta | 9830278273 |
| Mihir Ganguly | 9432208532 |
| Mrinal K. Biswas | 8335839009 |
| Tarakeswar Mishra | 9831918555 |
| Shyamal Mukherjee | 9433740850 |
| Tapas Ghosh | 9433229701 |
| Barun Ghosh | 9830511450 |
| Arijit Dutta | 9830199365 |
| Debashis Das | 9434180373 |
| Tarak Nath Roy | 9434225244 |
| Joy Prakash Das | 7602565146 |
| Aminur Rahaman | 9832268043 |
| Sambhu Lal Karmakar | 9434238495 |
| Chandra Mitra Shee | 9433069001 |
| Kamlesh Pandey | 9831550640 |
| Tapesh Kr. Basu | 9051146204 |
| Aditya Narayan Choudhury | 8101408732 |
| Kazi Fazle Elahi | 9831160992 |
| Shymal Kumar Naskar | 9748921148 |
| Sikha Deb | 9903842641 |
| Jayanta Das | 9851510746 |
| Rajib Chakraborty | 9339434371 |
| S. Sabanayakan | 9830152292 |
| Supriyo Bandopadhyay | 9831254542 |
| Pallab Kumar Chatterjee | 9830929753 |
| Debasish Choudhury | 9434243373 |
| Mohammad Wajid | 9239127294 |
Office-bearers of the Indian Journalists’ Association for 2016 elected at the first Executive Council meeting
The following are the office-bearers of the Indian Journalists’
Association for 2016 elected at the first Executive Council meeting at
Press Club, Kolkata, on 20.03.2016 at 1 p.m.
President: Sekhar Sengupta (Dainik Statesman)
Vice-Presidents: 1. Shymal Mukherjee (Prayag), 2. Tarak Nath Roy (Purbakshan)
General Secretary: Anindya Sengupta (The Telegraph)
Secretary: Debashis Das (Dainik Statesman)
Asstt. Secretaries: 1. Kamlesh Pandey (Sanmarg), 2. Arijit Dutta (AIR)
Treasurer: Tapas Ghosh (The Telegraph)
