In the duet, women celebrating Teej festival ask Dr Bhattarai how to make a new Nepal. Singer Krishna Devkota and Devi Gharti have lent voice to the song.
It was being played in a program called Sangeet Sarovar on Nepal Television as an advertisement. Issuing a statement on Saturday, singer Devkota said he was informed by Nepal Television officials Saturday morning that the song had been banned as per the order from higher-ups. Devkota termed the government move as “a violation of the freedom of expression”.
Kundan Aryal, press advisor to Minister for Information and Communications Shankar Pokharel, said the government has decided to ban some songs as they promoted civil war and the song on Dr Bhattarai could be one of them.
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