The party has imposed the ban in the ten districts including Chitwan, Makwanpur, Dhading and Kavre falling under its Tamsaling State Committee.[break]
Similarly, the party has banned the screening of Hindi movies and broadcasting Hindi songs in these districts, said Narayan Sharma Bipin, a district-level leader of the party.
He said the ban on operation of vehicles with Indian number plates had to be imposed as a large number of such vehicles are found transporting agriculture produce from India resulting in the domestic agricultural produce losing out the market in the country.
Similarly, he tried to defend the party´s ban on broadcasting Hindi songs arguing that the move was to promote the Nepali songs.
Following the ban order, the different broadcast media based in Chitwan have stopped playing Hindi songs from today. However, a delegation comprising representatives from the broadcast media based in the district have urged the CPN-Maoist Chitwan District committee to withdraw the ban.
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