<p>Upset at not being allowed entry to the Delhi Secretariat, journalists Monday boycotted a press conference by new Health Minister Satyendra Jain, who was to brief them on health issues before the Aam Aadmi Party government.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Newsmen were taken aback when they were denied entry into the secretariat complex - which they are normally allowed. They were instead asked to wait in the designated media room.<br /><br />When Jain arrived for the media conference, two-and-half hours later than scheduled, angry reporters, especially from the electronic media, refused to broadcast the event.<br />They asked Jain to explain the government action in denying them entry to the secretariat building.<br /><br />Later, senior AAP leader and Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia - himself a former journalist - came and held an informal discussion with the journalists.<br /><br />Sisodia assured them that the government would not do anything which would end transparency in its functioning.<br /></p>
<p>Upset at not being allowed entry to the Delhi Secretariat, journalists Monday boycotted a press conference by new Health Minister Satyendra Jain, who was to brief them on health issues before the Aam Aadmi Party government.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Newsmen were taken aback when they were denied entry into the secretariat complex - which they are normally allowed. They were instead asked to wait in the designated media room.<br /><br />When Jain arrived for the media conference, two-and-half hours later than scheduled, angry reporters, especially from the electronic media, refused to broadcast the event.<br />They asked Jain to explain the government action in denying them entry to the secretariat building.<br /><br />Later, senior AAP leader and Urban Development Minister Manish Sisodia - himself a former journalist - came and held an informal discussion with the journalists.<br /><br />Sisodia assured them that the government would not do anything which would end transparency in its functioning.<br /></p>