India under Narendra Modi has been witnessing the killing of journalists these days. Late on Monday, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had said the government would cancel its accreditation of journalists who peddled "fake news". But in an interesting move the BJP-led coalition government has decided to withdraw the rules punishing journalists held responsible for distributing "fake news". The question is why has it given no reason for withdrawal of rules.
Journalists in India have smelled the rat. According to them, they could not rule out the possibility that it was a "trial balloon" to test the waters for putting more restrictions on the press. Prime minister Modi is trying to turn India into the then fascist Germany or Italy.