Media independence cannot be curtailed, newspapers going through era of degeneration: Mamata

Claiming that the newspaper industry is going through an era of "degeneration", West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asserted on Wednesday that independence of media should not be curtailed. Inaugurating a museum on renowned journalist Barun Sengupta, Banerjee asked if a democracy would be able to function the way it should, if newspapers are not allowed to write freely.