"Not Actually Launched": Nepal's Clean Chit To Patanjali's TV Channels
NDTV
Director General, Nepal's Department of Information and Broadcasting, Gogan Bahadur Hamal had said the channels never applied for registration
Two television channels belonging to the Patanjali group of yoga guru Ramdev have been given a clean chit by a Nepal government probe team after it found no infrastructure was installed by them in Kathmandu violating the local laws.
Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' jointly launched the two TV channels - Aastha Nepal TV and Patanjali Nepal TV - in the presence of Ramdev and his close aide Acharya Balkrishna last week.
The launching of the two channels sparked controversy as the Nepali law does not permit any foreign investment in the media sector.
Director General of Nepal's Department of Information and Broadcasting Gogan Bahadur Hamal had said that two television channels have never applied for registration and authorities will take action if it is found that these channels have built infrastructures to broadcast the television programmes without fulfilling any legal formalities and even having registered.
