Hassan wondered how the panel could come to a conclusion that the conversations were fake without examining the audio tapes. Mr. Saseendran had resigned the post out of moral turpitude. In that context it was unscrupulous to make him a Minister, Mr. Hassan said. In connection with the case of Mr. Saseendran, it was reported that the licence of a television channel should be revoked. This government feared the media and this was seen in the decision to revoke the licence of a particular channel.

Source: The Hindu November 23, 2017 17:48 UTC