Kathmandu. CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said that the incumbent government looks like a ‘raid government’.
Receiving a memorandum submitted by the task force to save the press at the party office in Chyasal on Sunday, PM Oli said that they have been fighting for freedom of press and expression for a long time.
He said, “As far as I can see, the present government looks like a raid government. The guerrillas are not in the same line. Raid government.” Oli said that the development of press and journalism was after a long struggle and that the print media should not be considered outdated or irrelevant. According to him, the content published in the print media cannot be deleted immediately so it has its own importance.
He said, “This print journalism may seem to people that it is now outdated. After this, new easy methods, methods and methods of hurrying have emerged. But this is such a document, the person who writes it should also write carefully. Because it is not deleted after a while, saying ‘I will delete it, if there is some opposition, I will delete it’. It sits in the print. ‘
He said that the history of press and journalism in Nepal is linked to struggle. Stating that journalists, writers and litterateurs had taken huge risk for freedom of expression and freedom of expression during the Rana regime, PM Oli said that the struggle for freedom should be continued.
He said that a person was imprisoned for 18 years for writing a poem, while reciting the scriptures, he was hanged. We have moved forward since that time. We moved forward on the path of struggle.
Oli said that the press industry has struggled for a long time to reach the present time. He also claimed that the anti-freedom and regressive steps will not last long.
He said, “The level of public awareness that has reached, where its impact has reached, as much as people understand its historical significance, it cannot be stopped for a long time.” He urged the representatives of the media sector to continue raising their voice and said that the UML would fully support their demands.
‘So your voice is right, keep it up.’ Pradeep Gyawali explained with an explanation, “We have our full support, we will support it,” he said.
Oli said that the issue of freedom of media is also an important issue for the UML. Stating that they have been fighting for freedom for a long time, he said that the party would support the movement of journalists and media workers.
He said, “It is only yours now, you are in that profession, so you feel like you are concerned. That is our goal, that is our destination, that is our work, that is our duty.” Oli said that they had faced jail, beatings and even torture in the struggle for freedom. He urged the media to move forward with confidence in their struggle.
He said, “We have fought, we have been jailed, we have been beaten, we have suffered torture in the fight for freedom.”
He claimed that if we move forward on the side of truth, we will eventually succeed.
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