Minister for Information and
Communication Surendra Kumar Karki Sunday said that the media should play a
role of mediator along with the civil society during political transition.
While addressing a meeting
following the Morning Procession organised on the occasion of second National
Journalism Day and 117th anniversary of Gorkhapatra daily, he stated
that the media should play a role as the constructive opposition.
“But most of the media are politically
divided and failed to play constructive role. Some of them have forgotten that
they should be sensitive towards the issues of the society and play a watchdog
role,” he said.
Minister Karki appreciated the
role of Gorkhapatra and its sister publications for the immense contribution
which they made in terms of establishing Nepali language as the means of
communication for people of all the ethnicities and classes.
“Gorkhapatra is considered as
the standard of the Nepali language,” he said.
Saying that the Radio Nepal has 400 ropanis of land and
Gorkhapatra was doomed to shrink into a small space, he pledged to provide land
to build new building and structures for the oldest media house in the country.
Secretary at the Ministry of
Information and Communication (MoIC) Mahendra Man Gurung urged the media to
play coordinating role during the local elections.
Chairman of the Information and Mass Communication High
Level Committee Kashi Raj Dahal asked the journalists to support the cause of
national development.
“Implementation of constitution of is the main agenda.
Therefore, media should support in implementing the constitution and rule of
law,” he said.
He also said that Gorkhapatra was a heritage and it should
be preserved and developed so as to compete in the technological age.
President of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Dr.
Mahendra Bista stated that Nepal
press had the role in institutionalizing the agenda of change in the country.
Meanwhile, addressing a special programme later in the afternoon,
general manager of the Gorkhapatra Corporation Sushil Koirala said that the
works were begun in province no. 1, 4, 5 and 3 to publish Gorkhapatra from
those locations, and work would begin soon in the rest of the provinces.
“Gorkhapatra has played an immense role in national unity
and cultural integrity. It has been publishing news and articles in 37
languages of different ethnicities,” he said.
Meanwhile, the MoIC awarded Madan Mani Dixit and Krishna
Tamrakar of Kathmandu, Narayan Prasad Sharma of Dang, and Bishwo Bandhu
Bhandari of Tanahun with Senior Journalism Award.
Similarly, Ganesh Shekhar Sharma of Chitwan, Shiva Bahadur
Karki of Morang, Sirajuddin Khan of Banke and Gajendra Bahadur Budhathoki of
Udayapur were felicitated with National Journalism Award.
Likewise, Gorkhapatra awarded Prof. Dr. P. Kharel with
National Journalism Award, and Bharat Dutt Koirala, Gokul Prasad Pokharel,
Radha Raman Upadhyaya, Shiva Regmi and Madan Kumar Bhattarai with Gorkhapatra
Samman.
Gandhi Raj Kafle, deputy executive editor of The Rising
Nepal, was awarded by the FNJ Gorkhapatra Chapter.
Dibya Giri, Dewa Adhikari and Khemraj Pokharel won first,
second and third prize respectively in the National Short Story Writing
Competition.
Similarly, Join Media House, Veraities Consulting and Kalash
Advertisng were awarded for providing the highest advertising business to the
publications of Gorkhapatra.
Minister Karki handed over the awards to the winners.
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