Photojournalists boycott NFPJ General Assembly

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Photojournalists in the print media on Saturday boycotted the sixth general assembly of the National Forum of Photojournalists (NFPJ) claiming that non-photojournalists dominate the organization.



Around 30 professional photojournalists from different publications, including founding NFPJ Chairman Chandra Shekhar Karki and former chairman Bikash Rauniyar, who had been demanding re-interpretation of the statute regarding membership, boycotted the general assembly and said that they would not endorse any decision taken by NFPJ. [break]



Photojournalist Bikash Karki accused the present working committee of contaminating NFPJ by giving memberships to 172 persons when only around 80 persons across the country are in the journalism sector.

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