Kathmandu- Nepali Congress General Secretary and Federal Parliament Member Gagan Thapa has said that the social media bill registered by the government in the parliament is flawed and should be corrected.

Since the core of democracy is freedom of expression, democracy has no meaning if no one is able to express their views without fear, but he said that the bill brought by the government should not harm others while exercising the right to freedom of expression, and the right to freedom granted by the constitution should not be narrowed under any circumstances while trying to regulate those who abuse freedom.

‘There are many positive and necessary things in the bill, but since the definition of most of the issues that have been kept as criminal offenses is vague and ambiguous, the government may interpret it arbitrarily and present it in a manner that suits it, and since the government can use it as a weapon at any time, the citizens are now being afraid of the government with the bill moving forward in the parliament, so that those provisions should be corrected and moved forward, he said.

He said that although he had no role in the drafting of the bill, he will now try his best with the government to correct it and make it right. He said that the bill related to social media needs extensive revisions and that the bill will be allowed to move forward as a law only if it is made in accordance with the spirit of the constitution.