Leading Hindi daily Rajasthan Patrika announced on 1 November that it will not report any news related to the state’s Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje or her government until it repeals the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance which seeks to protect serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in the state from being investigated for on-duty action, without its prior sanction.
In a scathing editorial, Editor-in-Chief Gulab Kothari wrote:
With its black law, the Rajasthan government is giving a tough competition to the dark days of Emergency.