Srinagar, Oct. 31 -- Legislators on Thursday raised the issue of denial of government advertisements to some of the major newspapers and news organisation in the UT criticising the opaque nature of distributing advertisements and also sought a review of the media policy enacted after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.

During the zero hour of the autumn session of J&K assembly, CPI (M) leader and MLA kulgam , MY Tarigami, raised the issue of press freedom and the plight of media houses in J&K.

"There were more fetters on press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir...We still have four journalists in jail. Secondly, there has been highhandedness in distribution of advertisements without following any criteria," Tarigami said.

Tarigami said th...