Nepal’s journalists have been waging their war for freedom of speech, and now maoists are following suit. They are now registering their FM radio and will be running their activities according to  government rules and regulations. This step comes right after former Maoist rebel Krishna Bahadur Mahara was appointed the Minister of Information and Communications in the new interim government. Mahara however, was unable to clarify the ownership of the five Maoist-run radio stations.

The Maoists have been operating Radio Jana Ganatantra at Frequency Modulation 95.1 megahertz in the eastern region.