The Noida police on Thursday booked Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande, Vinod K Jose (Caravan) and others for sedition.
The most extreme case last quarter, according to Reporters Without Borders, was when he threatened a journalist who asked him about corruption allegations implicating the president's wife in August.
Chairman of Andhra Pradesh Press Academy Devireddi Srinath Reddy said that the journalists were also in the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 and bore the brunt of the pandemic.
A TV journalist and Yuva Telangana Party working president Gogula Ranirudrama Reddy of Narsampet town launched her election campaign here on Wednesday by attending a meeting with the graduate voters.