Shimla, Feb. 19 -- On Wednesday, while participating as the chief guest on the occasion of the National Seminar and Journalist Honour Ceremony organised by the Indian Journalist Welfare Forum at Kurukshetra University Residence, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh's Legislative Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania said that the role of journalists in India's Independence is no less than that of freedom fighters and politicians associated with Independence.

Former Rajya Sabha MP and former minister Suresh Bhardwaj was also present as a special guest on this occasion. This programme is organised every year by the Indian Journalist Welfare Forum. In the seminar, the Legislative Assembly Speaker expressed his views on the topic 'Role of journalism i...