Thursday's editorial in Kantipur is instructive for the government. Democracy and freedom of expression can be preserved only by thinking about it and moving forward.

Otherwise, democracy will be limited to paper only. Democracy and freedom of expression are interdependent. If both are separated, the chariot of democracy cannot move forward. This is why the current government needs to withdraw the bill registered in the parliament to regulate and control social networks. Otherwise, this bill can become the main factor in ending democracy. If the bill is passed as it is, Nepal's democracy will remain a democracy in name only, where people will be forced to eat the air of jail even if they criticize the government and the bad deeds done by the government. If this bill is passed as it is, the government will become more dictatorial and brutal and will subdue its opponents under this law.

is certainly a dirty game of personally dehumanizing, exploiting, character assassination by opening 'fake ID' on social media. It needs to be regulated and controlled. A law should be made for that. But the bill presented by the government now focuses on the security and arbitrariness of the government rather than protecting individual freedom and dignity. The government feels that someone has spread confusion through social media, behaved indecently, or will they catch them and file a case? Who defines this indecent behavior, confusion? By misusing this word, the government may be trying to silence everyone. In a democracy, it is possible to comment, criticize and oppose the government and the work done by the government. People brought a democratic republic because that was not the case under the rule of the king. So no one should do anything to make it worse again.

KP Sharma Oli has always been a little reluctant towards press and freedom of expression. That's why he had to withdraw the Media Bill due to opposition like now. Now they have put forward the Social Media Bill to curtail freedom of expression again. Therefore, it is necessary for the Nepali Congress to come forward in opposition to this. Because Congress is considered synonymous with democracy. Instead, power should go but democracy should not be compromised.

– Gopal Devkota , Jorpati, Kathmandu