Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan urged media houses to become partners in nation-building through their constructive role as the fourth pillar of the democratic system. He also emphasised the urgency to check the spread of fake news and misinformation in the digital era.
Addressing the inaugural event of Ramoji Excellence Awards-2025 at Ramoji Film City, the Vice-President lauded the efforts of late media baron Ramoji Rao in value-based journalism.
“Truth, objectivity, and fairness should be the mainstay of media houses,” he said. Praising the late Ramoji Rao for achieving great heights in the fields of journalism and the film industry, he commended the establishment of Ramoji Film City, stating that one can come to the Film City with a script and go with a print. He hailed Ramoji Group for instituting the Excellence Awards in his memory.
On the other hand, he lamented the growing drug menace across the nation and urged people to fight the menace. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu and Chief Minister of Telangana A. Revanth Reddy, recalled their association with Ramoji Rao and the latter’s commitment towards people’s issues.
“Ramoji Rao, as a media house owner, championed the people’s issues. He played the role of an Opposition to resolve their issues,” Mr Naidu said, calling the late media baron a maverick in many fields.
