Kohima, November 6 (NEPS): Nagaland Minister for Urban Development Dr Shurhozelie said the media in Nagaland is second to none and their services are highly complimentary. He said this especially that the Nagaland media had been discharging their duties in an environment fraught with a longstanding unresolved political conflict. Talking to NEPS here today, the minister understood the kind of environment the state media has been undergoing while discharging their duties. ‘Because they are working in a conflict environment’, he explained.
Stating that the media had played an important role in molding the society, Dr Shurhozelie said the right of the people to speak through a free Press is the hallmark of a democratic society. Further expressing his confidence in the services rendered by the media, he asserted that Nagaland’s Fourth Estate was second to none and if they continued in the same pace, “We (media) can set a model for the whole of the country.”
The veteran regionalist, however, revealed that he, as a minister, “never do anything and make influence on the media”. For the media, the Urban Development minister had a word: they should give “more space in the front page” with regard to the “developments and achievements” to “attract the minds of the people”. “I feel bomb blasts, kidnappings, rapes, killings, etc. should not occupy the front page”, Dr. Shurhozelie added.
