Exactly 20 years ago, in the united Andhra Pradesh in 2005, the AP Press Academy organised a national seminar on where there should be a laxman Rekha for journalist? Participating as chief guest the then I&B Minister S Jaipal Reddy said that the day journalists lose their credibility that itself is a grave punishment like committing suicide. Press Council Chairman Justice GN Ray said that journalists, media organisations should draw their own Rekha, there is no need for any laxman to draw it.

With digital media increased by a million times and digital media news channels have come up very large in number, it is very difficult to control these channels and the so called journalists from the digital platforms. In one of the recent Assembly sessions