Aizawl, March 27 -- Mizoram Home Minister K. Sapdanga on Wednesday urged the journalists of the state to continue to play corrective roles in shaping and reforming the government.

Addressing the general conference of Mizo Journalists' Association (MJA), the lone scribe body in the state, in east Mizoram's Champhai town, Sapdanga lauded journalists as the fourth estate of democracy.

He said that the utmost need of Mizoram is reformation.

He urged the journalist to not only heap praise on the government's action but expose the wrongdoings of the government and play a role of reformers through their writings and papers.

"I am delighted when I see constructive criticisms on government functioning in newspapers. The utmost need of Mizoram ...