Kathmandu, Sept 11: Minister for Information and Communications Mohan Bahadur Basnet has said that that the Mass Media National Academy will be set up in all the seven provinces.
Minister said so while receiving the memorandum submitted by the Press Chautari Nepal today. PCN has urged the Minister not to establish the Academy in the name of Ex-Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
In response to it, Minister shared that they were planning to establish the Academy in the name of Bhattarai adding that other such academies could be established in other provinces recognizing other leaders who had contributed in journalism sector.
Chautari chair Ganesh Basnet added that the saint leader Bhattarai’s name should not be drawn in controversy as there was controversy for the first FNJ president. He added that whether Bhattarai was the first FNJ president or Satya Narayan Shrestha is still a matter of debate.
The PCN has submitted 14-point memo including proportional advertisement among others to Minister Basnet.
