Members of various journalist associations have condemned a statement made by Minister for Women and Child Welfare Lakshmi Hebbalkar terming journalists of Belagavi as immature and unintelligent.
In a meeting here on Thursday, the journalist-members passed a resolution condemning the statement the Minister made during a programme to felicitate Chief Minister’s media advisor K.V. Prabhakar at the Kannada Bhavan here.
The Minister, in her speech, said that journalists in Udupi district, where she is in-charge of the district, are mature, educated, intelligent, pro-people and development-oriented. She asked local journalists to learn from their counterparts there.
