Mayor Balen Shah faces backlash over offensive post

Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah has posted an offensive status targeting major political parties as well as the United States, and neighboring countries—India and China.

In his late-night post on Saturday, Mayor Balen said, “Go to hell, you guys all combined can do nothing.”  The status was deleted shortly afterward. But he was widely criticized for his post.

He named the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, India, the US and China in the statement.

Earlier also, he was embroiled in controversy saying that he would set fire to Singha Durbar.