Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, described late Ramnath Goenka as a bright pole star of the media world, who staked everything to protect media freedom and democracy during the Emergency period.
Paying rich tributes to Ramnath Goenka on the occasion of unveiling of Ramnath Goenka Marg, the chief minister said, “June 25, 1975 is considered a black chapter in the history of Indian democracy because of suppression of freedom of speech. At that time, Ramnath Goenka was the bright pole star of the media world who put everything at stake to protect the media and democracy. He will be remembered respectfully whenever democracy and journalism are discussed.”
The chief minister said that Goenka fought a long battle and acted like a warrior in India's freedom struggle. “With the inspiration of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, he launched a newspaper in the year 1936 and worked to give a new height to the voice of the common man of India. He showed the way of what should be the role of the media in a democracy,” he added.
The chief minister said that late Ramnath Goenka set the standards of unbiased media and had a deep association with the nationalist media mission. “From the independence of the country to saving democracy, the contribution of late Ramnath Goenka cannot be forgotten,” he added.