The Embassy of Nepal in the United States informed the MoFA that Icon Shoe products had removed promotional contents from its website, a press statement issued by the government to CPN Coordination Committee reads.[break]
The committee had expressed its reservation through the government and demanded ban on production and sale of the shoes.
The Buddhist fraternity from around the world had flayed the California based company for depicting images of the Buddha on several designs of its shoes.
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