Kathmandu, Mar. 6: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Information and Communications Ram handra paudel has said that the role of the journalism sector is like that of a watch dog when it comes to ensuring healthy growth of parliamentary democracy and attaining the goals of multi-party democracy in the real sense.

Journalism sans value leads to the decline of professionalism and in the absence of professionalism journalism bears no meaning, he observed.

At a meeting with the Nepal Press Union (npu) Central Office bearers who went to his residence to apprise him of the Union’s 13-point demands today, Deputy Prime Minister Poudel asked the npu to work for national unity, integrity and national pride.

He also informed the npu office bearers that legislation aimed at ensuring the right to information and individual freedom are in the offing.

npu president Kul Chandra Wagle said such  legislation will be instrumental in controlling corruption.

npu general secretary Tarun Poudel demanded that His Majessty’s government fulfil NPU’s Demands without any delay.