Prime Minister Balen Shah Faces Criticism for Parliamentary Conduct and Controversial Statements

Kathmandu. Opposition parties were strongly criticizing Prime Minister Balen Shah for not being accountable to the parliament. Indeed, when President Ram Chandra Paudel was reading the government's policy and program in the parliament, he got up and left in the middle. This was widely criticized. After that, Prime Minister Balen did not come to answer the questions raised in the discussion on the policy and program. 

While Prime Minister Balen's voice was being sought in the parliament, on Jestha 17, he appeared in the House of Representatives and participated in a question-and-answer session with the MPs. The parliament got to hear Prime Minister Balen's speech, but his statements on two issues became controversial. In response to the issue of Nepali land being encroached upon, he said that it was found that Nepal had also encroached upon India's land. Another, in response to the question of why Nepal did not want to be upgraded from a least developed country to a developing country, he slipped up. 

On the second question, Prime Minister Balen gave a clarification citing China as an example as to why Nepal did not want to be upgraded from a least developed country to a developing country. He mentioned that even though China had reached the pinnacle of development, it wanted to remain in the category of developing countries for a long time and had only recently ascended to developed countries. But the reality is different. What is the fact check? Why do countries not easily want to be upgraded to a higher category? The details can be seen in the video.