Promises aside, Nepali lawmakers, particularly those in the Ministry of Information and Communication seem keen to keep a tight rein on media. A year ago Minister Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta tried to stop private sector FM radio from putting out independently reported news items. This week his deputy, Minister of State for Information and Communication Hari Narayan Chaudhary declared that "abducting journalists should be allowed if the government finds it necessary." Chaudhary, while addressing the Gorkhapatra Sansthan on its anniversary said the government "abducted" the editor of Sanghu Gopal Budathoki as he had "crossed the limits" of professional decency. Budathoki is under arrest on charges of undermining the will of the security personnel fighting the Maoist insurgency through write-ups in his weekly. Chaudhary alleged that Sanghu mixed "news" with "views" and wrote pieces that demoralised the police and soldiers.