Reacting to the same, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said he hoped the media channels across the country will go off air for a day to express their solidarity with the Hindi news channel. 

This is what he tweeted: 

The CM also hailed the Editors Guild of India for taking a tough stand against the ban in which they have likened the government’s extreme move to censorship during emergency

Several other politicians like Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and Omar Abdullah have also condemned the move on Twitter.