Nepal banned all Indian news channels except Doordarshan ! What are the reasons???
At a time when Nepal is going through political turbulence and India-Nepal relations remain starined, Kathmandu has banned all Indian news channels except the state broadcaster Doordarshan starting today evening.
The report was carried in Nepalese publication The Himalayan Times, while in India, Free Press Journal carried a report and India Today foreign affairs editor put out a tweet confirming the same. News agency ANI also quoted Nepali cable TV providers to report that signals for Indian news channels have been switched off in the country.
According to The Himalayan Times, the move comes after some TV channels indulged in "defamatory" reportage about Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the Chinese envoy to Nepal Hou Yanqi.
Hou's involvement in internal politics of Nepal has been widely reported in the Indian media. She courted fresh controversy after she held meetings with Nepalese political leaders at a time when the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) was dealing with internal strife, and the now finalised divide was still impending. Over the past few months she has met, Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda", President Bidya Bhandari and key NCP leaders.
By IGNITED MINDS
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