New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today (November 9) said he would request the Tamil Nadu Speaker to reverse the order to arrest six senior journalists, including five top editors of 'The Hindu', terming the decision as "unfortunate and regrettable".

The Minister, who was abroad when the TN Assembly ordered the arrests, however, did not respond to a question on whether there was any role for the Central Government in the matter.

"This (the TN Assembly decision) is unfortunate and regrettable and it has certainly disturbed me," he told reporters.

"Freedom of the Press is an important Constitutional guarantee...the Press has every right to report and criticise," he said.

PTI