Media persons Tuesday continued to boycott proceedings in the Jammu and Kashmir legislature in protest against assembly Speaker Muhammad Akbar Lone's controversial remarks made the previous day.
Over 100 media persons were staging a sit-in outside the main gate of the state assembly demanding that the speaker "take back" his remarks about the media.

Lone had Monday said that the media "during the session" works under his control and that they will have to disclose their sources to him.
His remarks came after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar expressed his reservations about the "source-based stories" appearing in the media.
To this, legislator of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Nizamuddin Bhat said the media "works under the control of the Press Council of India".
However, the speaker immediately responded: "The media during the session works under my control."