Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday lauded the cooperation extended by the media to the Justice Srikrishna Committee. He, however, appealed to the media to extend the same cooperation to the government. The best way to do that “is to avoid speculative stories on the committee's report.''
“After the report is made public on January 6, 2011, the media should communicate the contents of the report to viewers and readers in a fair, impartial and balanced way and promote sober and mature debate. Such debate will help the government to take appropriate decisions on the report,'' Mr. Chidambaram said.
“Now, all of us should look to the future. The past – and the unhappy incidents of the past – must be put behind us. Together, I am sure, we can agree on the path forward, a path that will bring satisfaction, happiness and prosperity to the people.''
Refusing to say anything on the contents of the report, Justice Srikrishna said the Home Minister assured them that he would convene a meeting of all political parties from Andhra Pradesh to discuss the contents of the report. “You pose all your questions to the government now,'' he said.
The committee's member-secretary, Vinod K. Duggal, said the report had given the “way forward.''
