Janakpur, May 21 -- The Province 2 government has written to the federal government demanding a halt to the production and broadcasting of three television shows over their derogatory content towards the Madhesi community.

In a letter to Minister for Communication and Information Technology Yubaraj Khatiwada, Province 2 Chief Attorney Dipendra Jha had called for taking three television shows-'Corona Birsaune Guffgaff', 'What The Flop' and 'Joginder Bole Pradamji'-be off air from national television channels over its content.

"[Characters] in these three television shows as well as some feature films are being used to demean a certain community [Madhesi community] through their dialogue, acting and caricature for the entertainment of a c...