Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran on Sunday said that democratic values had declined in the country.
He was inaugurating the Joy Varghese memorial meet at the Alappuzha Press Club. Mr. Sudheeran said that the rulers who fear media were cowards.He later presented Mathrubhumi Kozhikode Bureau Chief M.P. Suryadas with an award instituted in memory of journalist Joy Varghese.Joy Varghese Foundation chairman Tomy Pulickattil presided. Alappuzha Municipal chairman Thomas Joseph, Alappuzha Press Club president V.S.Umesh, Foundation secretary K. Shyamaprasad spoke.