Sirohia's arrest is against the constitution and the rule of law: former president Dr. Yadav

Inaugurating the 17th General Meeting and 12th Session of Journalist Federation Kaski, he said that the government's actions are against the constitution, laws and rules of rule of law.

'Now the way the government has caught the people of Kantipur Media House is according to the rule of law, not according to the current constitution,' he said, 'There was a mistake on the part of the citizen, there was a mistake on the part of the CDO office, and the CDO office has cut a letter asking you to appear on this date. It would have been. The CDO office used to correct it.

He said that since he is also a resident of Janakpur, he knows the Sirohia family closely. His (Kailash Sirohia's) father was a great gentleman, Ghansiram Marwari. When other Marwaris came, they became citizens overnight. He did not get citizenship,' he said, 'At that time, those who give bribes were given citizenship, but Ghansiram did not become a citizen of Marwari.' According to him, Hemraj Gyawali, the father of Kantipur's former administrator Vinodraj Gyawali, gave Ghansiram a certificate of citizenship when he became the chief district officer of Dhanusha during the panchayat period. "Elder brother Gopal Sirohia studied with me. He is still alive. He is now in Kathmandu. In the middle is Govind Sirohia, then Kailash Sirohia,' he said, 'They are Genyun, citizens who came here a hundred years ago.' He lamented that despite the development of

media, the national character of the country has not changed. He said, "People in the government do not follow what is in the constitution."

In the general assembly, the former president of the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, Harihar Virhi, said that the arrest of Kailash Sirohia was an interference on the freedom of the press. He said that the arrests made by the government against the law had created fear among the common people. "There is no longer a position to do journalism with confidence," he said, "at this time, it is necessary to do journalism with awareness and caution." He said that there is no difference in the tendency of the state to try to control and ban the mainstream media regardless of the government. He said, "The current government is making stricter laws to control the media and journalists." We should be aware of that.' Ramesh Bisht, Senior Central Vice President of

Journalists' Federation, said that the Home Minister has retaliated because Kantipur has been reporting serially exposing cases of co-operative fraud. He mentioned that because he is a publisher, journalism becomes possible, so it is not possible to separate publishers and journalists. "The situation was different when the first publisher and editor were the same person," he said. In such a situation, it is not justified for the government to dig against the media.' The sum of Rs 1 lakh 11 thousand 111 for the memorial journalism merit award established by his family in memory of former parliamentarian and industrialist Surya Bahadur KC.

Kaski Federation of Journalists has awarded Shriram Sigdel, a journalist from Pokhara, with the Economic Journalism Award-2080. The amount of the prize is 20 thousand rupees.

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