Probe ‘negative news defaming govt’s image’: CMO to officials | Lucknow News

The UP Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has directed the divisional commissioners and district magistrates to conduct an inquiry into the “negative news” being published in daily newspapers in their regions and upload the details of such items on the online integrated grievance redressal system (IGRS) for monitoring.

A letter in this regard was issued by Sanjay Prasad, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. In the letter, Prasad said that it is necessary to investigate the facts in the negative news immediately as these items defame the government’s image.

Also, if it comes to the knowledge that a specific incident was presented with “twisted or misleading facts” to defame the image of the government or the district administration, the DM concerned would write to the management of the media group in question to clarify the situation while marking a copy to the information department.