New Delhi: Taking note of the issue raised by Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan yesterday, the Centre on Thursday said that serious action will be taken against radio jockeys airing jokes on lawmakers on FM channels. Jaya Bachchan had demanded action against such RJs in Rajya Sabha yesterday.
"The language used by RJs on private channels is extremely objectionable. Now they've started giving news of Parliament and they mimic a lot of MPs. I want to know whether the government will do something about it," Jaya Bachchan said in the Upper House.
She also said that she is not against satire but she was objecting to their language.
The growing trend of Radio Jockeys (RJs) mimicking Parliamentarians and their "double-meaning" talks is a serious issue, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told Rajya Sabha today.
To a question posed by actor-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan (SP), he said these were not in "good sense".
The Minister pointed out that there was an electronic media monitoring centre.
To a query on the issue of forced retirement of some RJs upon attaining age of 35 years by All India Radio, Kolkata, Javadekar said the order was stayed as soon as the matter came to his notice.
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