(REOPENS DEL29)

A three-member team constituted by Katju over the media situation in Bihar last year had said that the media in Nitish Kumar-ruled Bihar is facing some sort of censorship and not being able to function freely. Katju has invited sharp criticism from some quarters even then. Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said whatever observations Justice Katju had made were his own observations. He is working as an independent person as Chairman of the Press Council of India and he is a man of reputation. The BJP is in the habit of making baseless allegations, Alvi said.