A popular Nepali folk singer says he removed a satirical song on corruption from YouTube after a youth wing of the ruling communist party allegedly threatened him, local media reported on Monday.
Pashupati Sharma released a video of the song "Lutna Sake Lut, Nepal Mai Chha Chhut" [Loot whatever you can since that's allowed only in Nepal] over the weekend.
The song immediately stroke a chord among Nepalis angered by widespread corruption in the country.
People showed their support for the singer on Twitter where some denounced what they called the undemocratic approach of the ruling party.
Sharma said he took the video down after he received threatening calls from members of the Youth Federation of Nepal, a student wing of the ruling Nepal Communist Party.
"They objected to certain words of the song. So I removed it [from YouTube]. I will upload it after revision," he told a local radio station on Monday.