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Saffron color: Doordarshan explains logo controversy!
Central government television station Doordarshan has explained the saffron logo controversy. The channels of Doordarshan, the central government television company, recently got a revamp. Subsequently, the logo of DD news Channel, a subsidiary of the company, was changed from red to saffron. Many people are condemning this.The logo of state television broadcaster Doordarshan has been changed from blue to saffron, which has been slammed by the bjp government as an attempt to saffronise it. Opposition parties have been criticizing the bjp for engaging in such activities to attract votes in elections and capture government institutions.
West bengal Chief minister mamata banerjee said that the color of our Doordarshan logo has been changed at a time when the elections are going on across the country and it is shocking that this action is immoral and illegal. With this, he condemned the move as a sign that the National Public Broadcasting Corporation (Doordarshan) is being unilaterally converted into a pro-BJP one. Also, how can the election commission allow such brutal saffronisation and violation of electoral conduct in an environment where people are paying attention to the election? mamata banerjee has also raised a question. jawahar Sircar, former chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati, also said that the change in logo color was painful. In this situation, the central government television station Doordarshan has explained the saffron logo controversy. Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer Gaurav Dwivedi has explained that it is wrong to associate the color of the Doordarshan logo with the bjp as it is not saffron but orange.