EC order Radio Nepal to stop airing Ghatana Ra Bichar

The Election Commission (EC) has asked the Radio Nepal to stop airing Ghatana Ra Bichar - a news-based programme.

The commission issued the directive on Sunday to ban the programme - a political commentary aired every evening by the state-owned Radio Nepal.

"It should have been stopped much earlier but we did not do so hoping that it would correct itself," The Kathmandu Post quoted an election commission offical as saying.

The decision has been taken after repeated complaints that the programme has blatantly violated the code of conduct.

The commission asked the radio Nepal authorities to air election-related public awareness programme instead of Ghatana Ra Bichar. nepalnews.com ia 07 08