MP Rabi Lamichhane Statement regarding Kantipur News

 

I understand that 'criticism' by the media is for positive direction and 'condemnation' is for malicious purposes. And, I also think that it is not very meaningful to counter with the right intention to those who have bad intentions! However, I think it is necessary to put some facts in between the general tendency to consider the same lie as the truth. Which is nothing but an attempt to establish the truth.

1. Kantipur Dainik yesterday (Tuesday) reported the news of 'Sahara Chitwan Cooperative's saver Weshara: 85 crore embezzlement, 12 crore title without mortgage'. The news is trying to spread the illusion that I am still a shareholder of Gorkha Media Network, which operates Galaxy TV. He kept the old (2078/6/23) details of the share price to establish the illusion as truth. After that, the share price of Gorkha Media Network has changed a lot. I informed that all the shares given to me (without investing money) at the time of leaving Galaxy TV have been transferred. However, I have not only given public information, but I have not been able to understand what Kantipur is trying to establish by sending old documents related to the company that has already been legally separated. If he had had the power to search for new documents before spreading confusion by resorting to old documents, his intentions would not have been publicly questioned as they are now. I have posted below the new share registration document which clearly shows that I am not a shareholder.

2. Does a person who is a director in a company have to take the responsibility of that company for life even after leaving it legally? I only headed the news content (in a company where I was also the executive chairman) at Galaxy TV, run by Gorkha Media Network. The argument that the company should be held responsible even after it has been legally abandoned is neither legal nor practical.

3. Some digital media asked – 'Weren't you aware of the legal provision that TV or any other private company should not take loans from cooperatives?' Yes, everyone may not be aware of all the existing legal arrangements. However, he cannot violate the law on the basis of lack of information. Violation should be punished according to the prevailing law.

It is against the law for a cooperative to give loans to any organization other than its members (individuals). If the law is violated, the cooperative department has legal provisions to take action against the cooperative. Another thing, is there anything I the employee (MD) can know unless the president of the company says so? It is unfair to me to make news that one should be responsible with the same company even after clearing the shares of the company in which one's investment has been made and making new shares.

It was not legal for Galaxy to take a loan from a cooperative and I am ready to suffer if action is taken against me as a shareholder at that time. Or, if the existing law is insufficient to take action against me, it can be amended even if the charges are brought. But, here I have a question - does the media know the legal system that alcohol should not be advertised? If so, why did such a system made in the year 2075 continue to be dismissed and alcohol advertised for years? Does he understand the law? If any media or journalist thinks that I should know/understand the law, should he also know/understand or not?

Another thing is to dispel the illusion that I never spoke about cooperative victimization. I am constantly raising my voice in Parliament, on the streets, for the victims. I have raised this issue in my political report presented at the Jaleshwar meeting.

4. Kantipur need not resort to old documents to prove that I was the operator of Gorkha Media Network. Because, I never said that I was not the director of that company. That's why I said stay involved. When I left, I was legally separated. In this regard, I do not have the documents but the government agency. The reason for not being able to get hold of those documents is not that Kantipur is constantly spreading misleading, exaggerated and fanciful news with the aim of assassinating my character. Because, I not only disagreed with the news he conveyed, but also questioned it with facts. The media, which thinks it has the legal right to ask questions, is repulsed by the question itself. And, with intention, they focus on character assassination of the questioner. Kantipur is a continuation of the planned series of attacks that have hit me from the past till now. Which I am sure will continue. As a responsible policy maker, I will also continue to fight for the rights of "Kantipurs".