Curated by – NAVIN MEHAR | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Dhar, democracy is so strong in India that no one can enslave the media here. Today, allegations are made on the media. Media has been sold. Media has been divided. This is wrong. We always have two ideologies here, one for the party and the other for the opposition. The views were expressed by renowned journalist Deepak Chaurasia in the Shabd Samagam 2023 program organized by Dhar District Journalist Association. Addressing the media persons, they said that they should not write any such news which is dangerous for the society, the country and you, Mr. Chaurasia said, "We should be proud of our ability, there are many people who speak the truth, the truth never hides, for this the journalists should be proud of themselves." We should not care about the outcome, you said that our search should be long, only then we will be able to take a big leap. The chief guest at the Shabd Samagam 2023 program organized by the District Journalist Association was Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. It was presided over by Industries Minister Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon. Madhya Pradesh as special guest. Vice President of Civil Supplies Corporation Rajesh Aggarwal, Dhar MLA Neena Verma, Jan Bhagidar Committee President Deepak Bidkar, Municipality President Neha Bodane, senior journalist L.N. Malviya was.

First of all, the guests garlanded the picture of Mother Saraswati and senior journalist Late. Rajendra Mathur, Late. Krishnalal Sharma, Late. Shabd Samagam 2023 was inaugurated by garlanding the portrait of Arvind Kashiv and lighting the lamp. On this occasion, the guests were welcomed by the President of Dhar District Journalist Association, Pt. The journalists present including Chhotu Shastri and General Secretary Pradeep Agal did this. On this occasion, the annual souvenir ‘Dhar Ki Dhadkan’ was released and insurance policy of Rs 5 lakh was distributed to 800 journalists of the district.

Welcome address, President of Dhar District Journalist Association. Chhotu Shastri threw light on the journey of the last 9 years of Shabd Samagam.
While giving his address, National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party, Kailash Vijayvargiya said that in the present times, the credibility of journalism is eroding due to fake news. The credibility of a person is determined by the credibility of the news. You said that one should protest, opposing a person, opposing an ideology is a different thing and opposing the country is a different thing. Oppose the person, don't oppose the country. Where the country is facing opposition, one should use one's pen very carefully. On this occasion, Union Minister Prahla Patel, who was absent from the program, praised the program profusely through video and also expressed her pain at not attending.

Industries Minister Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon said that a journalist is the mirror of the society, the news that a journalist publishes decides the condition and direction of the society. Shri Dattigaon said that the relevance of print media was there earlier also, is there even today and will always be there. You said that one should never compromise with the pen.
M.P. Civil Supplies Corporation Vice President Rajesh Aggarwal said in his address that politicians and journalists do the work of awakening the society. The journey of politics is simple and pleasant. But the journey of journalism is a lot of struggle and difficult. That is why some people choose the difficult path and become journalists.

Dhar MLA Neena Verma said that when the pen moves, it moves fast, the reliability of the pen depends on your personality and hard work. You always write the truth. On this occasion Late Krishnalal Sharma and Late. Kashiv ji's family members were also respected. The program was conducted by Praveen Sharma and vote of thanks was accepted by Mrs. Pushpa Sharma, patron of Dhar District Journalist Association.

In the program, late journalist of the district who lost his life during the Corona period. Tributes were paid to Muslim Sheikh, Rajendra Dhoka, Dinesh Bairagi, Dinesh Solanki, Antar Singh Dang, Rajendra Dhoka, Rajendra Verma, Dhirendra Singh Tomar, Ravi Rathore, Jitendra Jaiswal by keeping two minutes of silence.