{"id":19139,"date":"2024-03-22T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T07:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/?p=19139"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T07:06:44","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-the-tribune-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akalidalamritsar.in\/?p=19139","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor the tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d217e545b53fbab197ab191297c047ba wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>To: The Editor,<br>The Tribune Group,<br>Chandigarh.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-49593bfce5d5995c5a5dbb2831631459 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Sir,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0e29fd2615257a632d18748a7ea5a8dc wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Fateh,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4a38eef5f77b2616041c06042cd0c76 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We had consistently cautioned you not to put Mr. Ramdev\u2019s advertisements on the first page as the God-man was a controversial figure and dealing with spurious herbs and other elements to unknown medicine. But your worthy paper continued to rebuke its readers by putting the God-man advertisements on the first page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bafba236aec56a1c5de4a656c4e5f785 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our party wishes to inform you that though your editorship has moved to the right and you refer to Sikhs as \u201cDesignated Terrorists\u201d, and don\u2019t suffix their Singh name, we have tried to disassociate are selves with your newspaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d4152642633691e74f57039870761419 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>But the fact is that since The Tribune is the oldest English language paper of the Punjab, we care for its clarity, good reporting and its worth to our region.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a073257257c2f7f49d48d5fdf37d2597 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Unfortunately, you have not understood our appreciation for this paper and you have ridden rough shod over our reposts and our letters to the editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ede15021493723424f4b1f0f483a8024 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Now that the Supreme Court has held up this God-man, we think we were right and even the Prime Minister\u2019s front page advertisements have belittled the worth of this paper as it appears a nouveau riche.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2cb27e51abb1db659ea9394d9ffd2e07 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mercifully you have obliterated the Prime Minister\u2019s advertisements on the front top page of your paper for which we owe you are gratitude. The Sikhs and the Punjabis appreciate a high standard of print, journalism and aesthetics.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bef1f1ee52ff05db1f4f203fe115e6f8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#0727e3\"><strong><em>Yours faithfully,<br>Simranjit Singh Mann,<br>Member of Parliament,<br>President,<br>Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To: The Editor,The Tribune Group,Chandigarh. Sir, Fateh, We had consistently cautioned you not to put Mr. Ramdev\u2019s advertisements on the first page as the God-man was a controversial figure and dealing with spurious herbs and other elements to unknown medicine. 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