In a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, the PCI said that a large number of journalists who have covered parliament proceedings for the last several decades are "still being denied the opportunity" to do so despite having permanent press gallery passes.
The Editors Guild of India has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar to grant unrestricted access of journalists to Parliament and lift curbs that came into force during the Covid pandemic.