A day after the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) accused it of "biased" selection of new members, Press Council of India (PCI) today said laid down rules were followed in the process of induction.
The INS, in a statement yesterday, said that it was "anguished over the recent unreasonable and biased decision of the PCI chairman while selecting new members".
The Editors Guild of India too had articulated its concerns over the manner in which the PCI was reconstituted.
In response to the allegations, the PCI in a release said, "It is clarified that selection, as envisaged in law, was done by draw of lots in presence of the representatives of the associations, including the Indian Newspaper Society."
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