Nagaland journalists boycott Guv RN Ravi’s state farewell ceremony

Kohima: In a first of its kind, members of the fourth estate boycott an event organized by the state government to honor the governor of the state. The Kohima Press Club (KPC), on Tuesday boycotted the state farewell programme of the outgoing governor of Nagaland RN Ravi to show their resentment.

Ravi, who took charge as the state’s 19th governor in 2019, refused to interact with the media despite numerous approaches made by the scribes, held no record of press interactions, either as governor or as interlocutor.

“RN Ravi, as Governor of Nagaland, has not only ignored the working journalists, but also the KPC and the Nagaland Press Association. The Raj Bhavan under him has also denied interviews to not only local media houses but national news agencies whose correspondents are our own members,” KPC President Alice Yhoshü said.