Maharashtra Governor questions relevance of NOTA voting option

“In these times, you have to maintain friendship with journalists if you want to survive in public life. Merely serving the people is not enough,” he said.  “The print media and news channels could not have the place they have now if there is no democracy.

In a democratic country, of course, the party will change and the government will change. Need not to worry about that. If democracy is there, then changes will come again and again,” he said.  

Talking about some veteran journalists, he said, “some of our politicians are lions and tigers. They, however, need a glass of water when they go and sit before these people (veteran journalists).”

In a democracy, criticism cannot be avoided, he said.  Denouncing the practice of paid news, the Governor said, “some organisations say they are doing this because someone else is doing the same.”