"The stoning by YCL men had humiliated all the people of Nepal. I request you to leave behind this bad memory when you return home."
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, addressing a ceremony held to dedicate new US embassy building in Maharajgunj, recalling the stone-pelting incident against envoy James Moriarty.
"If government and political parties do not work to create environment even now, the situation of June can recur."
Bhojraj Pokharel, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), complaining at the lack of security situation for holding elections.
“It would be wise for the King to step down ahead of the Constituent Assembly elections and cooperate with the efforts to establish democratic republic.”
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML),talking to reporters.
"It is good not to have policy of pelting stones at diplomats. It will also be good not to have policy to attack common Nepali citizens, not to extort them or intimidate them."
James Moriarty, the US ambassador who last week returned home upon completion of his tenure, at his farewell press meet responding to Maoist remark that they do not have policy to pelting stones at any diplomat.
"Although the interim constitution clearly stipulates that decisions have to be taken based on political consent, NC works as if this is a one-party government."
Dev Gurung, Maoist minister blaming NC for non-performance of the interim government.
“With this budget, I have tried to bring the economic issues to the center-stage.”
Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, finance minister, on the budget for the fiscal year 2007/08.
“How can we see the budget which seeks to obtain foreign loans to pay back foreign loans as positive?”
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, senior Maoist, responding to the budget, in Kantipur.
Transition:
APPOINTED: Damodar Prasad Sharma, Ram Kumar Prasad Shah, Gauri Dhakal and Kalyan Shrestha, as permanent judges of the Supreme Court (SC), by Chief Justice Dilip Kumar Poudel. The four judges were recently approved by the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee.
LEFT: Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan for Israel and Egypt, on official visit.
Rajendra Mahato, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, for New York, the United States, to take part in Eighth World Hindi Conference in the United Nations.
PASSED AWAY: Sushila Koirala, wife of late NC leader BP Koirala, at the age of 84. She is survived by three sons and one daughter – Prakash Koirala, Shriharsha Koirala, Dr. Shashank Koirala and Chetana Koirala Dixit.
RETURNED: James Moriarty, US ambassador to Nepal, upon completion of his three years tenure.
ARRIVED: A delegation of Asian Development Bank (ADB) led by Sultan Hafeez Rahman, deputy director general of South Asia Division, to hold talks with the government on Melamchi project.
