The Press Council of India has issued a show cause notice to the Bengal based ultra-left wing rag Telegraph for comparing President of India Ramnath Kovind with the deadly global pandemic COVID-19. It had published an article on Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha with headline 'Kovind, not Covid, did it'. Press Council of India took suo motu cognizance of the headline of the newspaper on March 17, 2020, projecting the President of India as Coronavirus in what it claimed as a ‘satirical’ manner. A show-cause notice has been issued to the ultra-left Telegraph for the violation of journalistic conduct.

The Press Council of India has issued a show cause notice to the Bengal based ultra-left wing rag Telegraph for comparing President of India Ramnath Kovind with the deadly global pandemic COVID-19. It had published an article on Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha with headline 'Kovind, not Covid, did it'. Press Council of India took suo motu cognizance of the headline of the newspaper on March 17, 2020, projecting the President of India as Coronavirus in what it claimed as a ‘satirical’ manner. A show-cause notice has been issued to the ultra-left Telegraph for the violation of journalistic conduct.