TDP move to ban  Sakshi TV, newspaper and T News Channel from covering TDP events and press conferences is being painted as an attack on  press freedom.

But TDP leadership has a different story to tell. ‘ The Sakshi and T News commentaries on news developments are very un- media like , heavily laced with prejudice ,also defamatory against our leader and in interests of their owners – political parties-YSRC and TRS ‘ they say .

The news channels and newspaper reporters attack the TDP leaders and party organisation with venom and heavy prejudice every time and during all media conferences under the garb of media freedom. ‘ Even in media conferences they taunt us , poke us , talk in abusive language ,also haggle us and insult our leaders ‘, said a party office bearer .

But there is no such condemnation or negative criticism of other political parties or political personalities (not at all of YSRC or TRS) by them even when these media have documentary evidence with them against those personalities. Be it congress or YSRC, TRS or even BJP, these media are never as vicious and vehement on them as they are with the only TDP.

‘They are attacking TDP as we are the only politically viable , strong alternative to ruling party and strong opponent who can unsettle the apple cart of the news paper owners ‘ said another leader .

TDP leaders say that they have been living and suffering all these days with such heavy and high voltage, negative media attack, Just because they were TDP workers and followers of Chandrababu Naidu. ‘What is wrong in our policies or our practice? If we were wrong, people would not have elected 92 MLAs of TDP in 2009.

They said TDP is ready to face any kind of political acrimony and criticism by political parties TRS, Congress and YSRCP but not media controlled by the political parties. But these media men behave and attack us as if they are whole time representatives of the political entities which own them.

TDP spokesman said ‘all we want is these media men to behave and conduct themselves as the real fourth estate in true spirit.’We are not asking them to like us or praise us in everything. But they should not down grade us at every opportunity and ocassion as they think they are embodiment fourth estate.