Mother tongue journalism will bridge the gap between the state and citizens: Law Minister Gautam
Kathmandu Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Sobita Gautam, said the role of mother tongue journalism was significant to strengthen democracy.
Addressing the 3
rd International Mother Language Journalism Conference-2026 organized by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities Journalists (FNJ) on Monday, Minister Gautam said that it was necessary for democracy to have access to state information in one’s own mother tongue.
She said Nepal’s identity is not only visible in the documents of history but also in its culture, festivals, language and customs.
“Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multilingual, multi-cultural country. The role of mother tongue journalists is important in this. You have been using it as a campaign realizing the importance of mother tongue journalism,” she said.
Minister Gautam said democracy would be strengthened only when every citizen could understand the state’s activities and information in the language taught by his mother.
“Democracy survives only when every citizen of the state has the opportunity to be informed about the state’s activities in the language he knows and understands in his own language, taught by his mother,” she said.
Stating that the people are still not able to get all the information related to the state while reaching different corners of the country, she said that efforts are being made by the government to bridge the information gap between the state and the citizens.
“The biggest responsibility to bridge that gap lies on the shoulders of the journalist friends of the mother tongue,” Gautam said.
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