New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj on October 16 said the recent Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections had an "isolated" case of biased reporting by a section of the electronic media, but the media coverage in general was free and bold.

"Journalists should not do any biased or prejudiced reporting as done by an electronic media. It seems the channel had decided before hand what to show, but it is an isolated case. I am satisfied with the good and positive coverage where journalists risked their lives to report the democratic process," she said.

Swaraj was speaking at a workshop in New Delhi on "Kashmir experience of correspondents who covered the polls" organised by the Press Association.

Describing the elections as the "fairest of the fair", she said it marked the victory of ballot over bullet irrespective of which party won. "Politics was not in our mind. We wanted a free and fair poll and succeeded," she said.

"Elections in Jammu and Kashmir were very credible because of the voluntary participation of people this time unlike in the past when voters were scared to show their face while exercising their franchise," she said, admiring the courage of the people who ignored militant threats.

PTI