KATHMANDU, Aug. 4 -- The Online TV Journalists' Association (OTVJA) of Nepal has called for guaranteed representation of online television journalists in the Media Council.

Submitting a recommendation letter to Ammar Bahadur Thapa, Chairperson of the Education, Health, and Information Technology Committee of the Federal Parliament-which is currently deliberating on the Media Council Bill 2080 BS-the OTVJA raised its demand for inclusion.

Although Clause 6 (D) of the bill provides for the representation of publishers, editors, and working journalists from print, online, radio and television media, the OTVJA pointed out that online television has been left out, drawing the committee's attention to the oversight.

A delegation led by OTVJA...