Disseminate balanced and objective news: CEC Yadav

<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhee Prasad Yadav has urged the media to take up the responsibility of a watchdog to make the upcoming local level election in a free, fair and fear-free manner.</span><br></p><p><br></p><p>CEC Yadav said this while addressing a workshop titled 'Dissemination of Balanced News in the Forthcoming Local Level Election and Importance of News', organized today by Tribhuvan University Central Department of Journalism and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).</p><p><br></p><p>The country has been overwhelmed with the election fervor and the media has played a laudable role in this, he said.</p><p><br></p><p>CEC Yadav said he has found that the media has been together with the voters in the election mega campaign that is intensifying in the villages and localities in a positive way.</p><p><br></p><p>Chief of the TU Central Department of Journalism, Chiranjibi Khanal underlined the need for the journalists to work in an impartial manner while covering the election.</p><p><br></p><p>JICA representative in Nepal Jun Sakuma said the mass media has a significant role to play for a free, fair and impartial election.</p><p><br></p><p>she said it would provide logistics and technical assistance to the Election Commission.</p><p><br></p><p><b>All parties' participation makes election meaningful: CEC Yadav</b></p><p><br></p><p>Chief Election Commissioner Dr Ayodhi Prasad Yadav has urged all political parties to participate in the election to make it meaningful.&nbsp;</p><p>Receiving a memorandum submitted by the Interparty Women's Network today, CEC Yadav said, participation of all ethnic groups including women in election fosters democracy.</p><div><br></div>