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Passengers vent ire at Minister Bhattarai over flight delay  



KATHMANDU: Passengers vented their ire at Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Yogesh Bhattarai at Nepalgunj Airport on Saturday evening for causing a flight delay.

They gheraoed Minister Bhattarai and also asked him to furnish a clarification arguing that the flight to Kathmandu was delayed by an hour due to the minister.

The video has been doing the rounds on social media. In the video, Minister Bhattarai has kept mum. Later, he took to social media to apologize for the inconvenience.

Publish Date : 15 September 2019 08:01 AM

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