Addressing a function last month, he had reportedly commented: “What is a reporter's salary? How much does a news reader earn? Maybe Rs 25,000.
They are mostly graduates. They are not great thinkers...intellectuals. They write news how they understand it.”
GUJ president Kishor Naik Gaonkar told PTI that the union was satisfied with the chief minister's letter and hence withdrew the agitation, which began since yesterday.
Goa scribes withdraw agitation after Parrikar tenders apology
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today expressed “regret” over his statements made in context of the media, following which state's apex journalist body, Goa Union of Journalists (GUJ), withdrew its agitation. The journalists were
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