It would be hard to make stuff like this up. So now political parties (well, one of them) can control the content of TV channels on a whim? Not a bandh on movement but a partial one on the airwaves. What next?
The electronic media, film halls and cable operators had stopped transmission of Hindi materials from last Saturday on request of the Maoists who have been on an anti-Indian campaign as part of their fourth phase of protests. The Maoists had asked the FM stations and film halls to transmit only Nepali materials till January 24. Cable operators, media houses and film halls said they obeyed Maoist directive so as to avoid problems in the future.
http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=14379
Illicit activities
And it is not only the airwaves. The self-appointed moral guardians of the state are bashing down the door first and asking questions later:
Cadres of Maoist aligned Young Communist League (YCL) raided various local hotels in Narayangdh, Chitwan on Friday and held 13 couples who they accused were found involved in “illicit” activities there, Kantipur Daily reported.
While this is not bandh, it goes to show how the culture of “we know what’s right for you and we’ll make sure you suffer until agree with us” is spreading.
