"Even though I had tried my best to make the State-run media houses like the Nepal Television, Radio Nepal, Gorkhapatra Sansthan and the Rastriya Samachar Samiti inclusive, I could not be totally successful in my goal," said the Communications Minister. [break]
During his meeting with pro-Madhes journalists who are on a hunger strike, calling for making media houses inclusive, Minister Yadav said he was not in a condition to address the demand.
He suggested to those media workers from the Madhesi, Dalit, women and ethnic communities to unite for guaranteeing their rights.
The Madhesi Journalists´ Society Nepal has begun a hunger strike at the hall of the Madhes Media House, accusing the Ministry, Federation of Nepali Journalists and Kathmandu-based media houses of violating the principle of inclusiveness.
The society has also called for ending discrimination on the categorization of the Madhes-centric newspapers and has warned of continuing the strike until and unless its demand is addressed.
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