Nepalgunj, May 9: Minister for Information and Communications Jayaprakash Prasad Gupta has said that the present government is making every effort to maintain law and order, control corruption and provide a clean administration.
Minister Gupta, who was speaking at a party workers’ gathering organized by nc banke district committee here today, said the government has taken various important decisions to resolve the obtaining problems and the efforts have started showing positive signs.
With the government giving important responsibility to the police for maintaining law and order, they are working with a high morale and as a result of this the situation has seen some improvement.
Stressing the need for the cooperation of all sectors in corruption control, he said the opposition parties should play important role in this regard as processions and slogans do not help control corruption.
He also disclosed that Nepal Television will be hooked up to satellite and Radio Nepal will have a second channel during this fiscal year.
Likewise, he added, a new channel of Radio Nepal will be introduced in Surkhet to promote radio programmes in local languages.
He also spoke about the plan to launch a communication package programme in Banke and provide pmp telephone service in the terai area. Under the pmp system, 12 telephone lines can be distributed from one telephone set, he added.
Minister Gupta also said that Nepal Television Kohalpur will be linked to national transmission in coming two months and priority will be given to local languages in radio programmes.
Banke ddc chairman Om Prakash Jung Rana, nc Banke district president Krishna Man Shrestha and various party workers spoke about different problems in the district.
Minister Gupta also inspected the telecommunications corporation regional office and acquired information about the office’s various activities.
In Nepalgunj, Minister for Information and Communications Gupta said that the government has taken initiative to work in close association with Federation of Nepalese Journalists (Fnj), Nepal Press Union (Npu) and Nepal Press Council (npc) for strengthening the country’s press sector.
Minister Gupta, who was speaking at a meet the press programme organized by npu, banke here today, said that although the constitution proscribes cancellation of the registration of any newspapers for any materials published in them, some newspapers seem to have misused the spirit of the constitution by fanning terrorist activity.
He also alerted the press sector against such a tendency.
Necessary homework is under way to hold discussions with fnj on introducing a bill concerning right to information in the Parliament, Minister Gupta said.
Though the country has not seen a drastic change in the past two months the government has taken various important initiatives like improving the law and order situation, reduction in the number of ministries, development of a concept of “Chhetrapal” and increase in the facilities of police, he said.
Maoist terrorist activity has drawn criticism from all political parties, he said, adding the government has taken an important decision to strengthen the police force so as to control the terrorist activity.
Replying to questions raised by the journalists, Minister Gupta said it would be irrelevant to advocate the entry of second generation in party leadership. Leaders and workers should fulfil their responsibility on the basis of their ability, he added.
Nepali Congress still needs the leadership of prime minister and party president Girija Prasad Koirala and the party will gather a new momentum under his leadership, he observed.