Kathmandu: Nepal stopped the transmission of all Indian private news channels except Doordarshan on Thursday, accusing them of airing reports hurting the country’s national sentiment.

There was no immediate reaction from India on this issue. Dinesh Subedi the Chairman of Multi System Operator (MSO), foreign channel distributor said to reporters in Kathmandu that we have stopped the distribution of all Indian news channels except Doordarshan. We have halted distribution of India’s private news channels as they have aired news reports hurting Nepal’s national sentiment, he added.

The development comes after some Indian channels, aired reports critical of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and his Government. Nepal’s Government did not officially announce the halt of telecast. Earlier in the day, former Deputy Prime Minister and the ruling Nepal Communist Party’s spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha, said the Indian Media must stop the baseless propaganda against Oli.