Suresh Raj supporter Ashutosh Tiwari attacked

When I heard that Ashutosh Tiwari, CEO, of Himal Media was attacked, I immidiately sensed that inevitable has happened. But, the problem is that for this attack also the Maoists are being blamed. It is true that general people, mainly the ones who have been exploited and abused so far, have become aggressive with ascendancy of the Maoists in Nepal. Employees, teachers, and many other have been subject to exploitation in Nepal. Rampant termination, caste harassment and persecution of the voices against nepotism and corruption had become an order of the day. When ordinary people go to administration, the administration never take action. And when they raise their voices in public forums, people like Ashutosh Tiwari, advise that "Take the complaints to the KU governing board, and NOT to the newspapers at this point. The results of washing the dirty laundry in public have NEVER been favorable to the plaintiffs in Nepal (in my limited observations!). Nepali newspapers print so many bad things about so many people all the time that nobody believes them for anything any more except read the stuff for juicy gossip for a day or two."

(please refer to Nepotism in Kathmandu University)

Given recent spate of media reports and uproar in Constituent Assembly of Nepal, it is likely that some untoward incident might have taken place in Himal Media. But, it is very difficult to believe what Himal Media is saying. In the past, we have bitter experience with Himal Media as it biasedly favoured Suresh Raj Sharma without listening to the voices of the agitating teachers and staffs. Please refer to our previous post Suresh Raj's new gimmick and read what KUPA GS Dr. Sameer Dixit has commented.

Himal Media claims that the Maoists attacked them because of their Feature report in vernacular weekly "Himal." At the same time, it is an open secret that the Himal Media is terminating jobs also. So, a neutral Nepali, who do not have to earn livelihood by writing in Newspapers, find it very difficult to ascertain who is right and who is wrong. It is quite possible that the Management itself might have carried out this kind of attack to hurry closure of the office to give permanency to the job termination.

Borrowing the words of Ashutosh Tiwari, I like to suggest him and Himal Media to take the complaints to Press council, Police and even to supreme court. In my limited observations, washing the dirty underwear in public have never been favorable to the plaintiffs. Nepali newspapers print so many bad things that people are considering recent uproar in CA against attack on Himal Media also as a ploy of G.P. Koirala to defame the Maoist government led by Prachanda. Girija many become happy as he has some juicy gossip to discredit the Maoists. But, others will forget this story after a couple of days.