Cable TV operators in Nepal on Monday announced that they would indefinitely blackout all the Indian channels from tomorrow to protest blockade of a key trade checkpoint with India by agitators opposing Nepal’s new Constitution.
The cable operators, in a meeting held here, decided that they would blackout all the Indian channels indefinitely from 10 am tomorrow in a symbolic protest.
President of Federation of Nepal Cable Television Association Sushil Parajuli said they decided to shut down the broadcast of the Indian channels as “India has been intruding in the national sovereignty of Nepal.”
“We were also getting pressure from a few parties and public to cut the Indian channels,” Parajuli said.
According to the federation, the broadcast of Hindi channels have already stopped in Chitwan, Pokhara and Mahendranagar.