“I think they are Young Criminal League.”
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, in an angry response to the abduction and public trial of controversial businessman Sitaram Prasain by Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL).
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“Prime Minister himself is the leader of criminals and corrupt persons.”
Prachanda, Maoist chairman, reacting to PM’s charge against YCL, which he said was fighting against corruption and crime in the country.
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“They are spreading YCL terror.”
Sushil Koirala, vice president of Nepali Congress.
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"The population of Bhutan is about 600,000. If these 100,000 people (Bhutanese refugees) enter Bhutan it would create a demographic imbalance."
Pranab Mukherjee, Indian External Affairs Minister, saying for the first time that refugee problem is an international one after his meeting with Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattarjee.
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“Our party’s clear position is that the struggle of various organizations in India is their internal matter. We have no direct or indirect link with any of them. We have never been in contact with this organization called ULFA.”
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, senior Maoist leader, reacting to a statement by a surrendered leader of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Ghanakanta Bora that the Indian separatist outfit had links with Nepali Maoists.
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“We want to make clear that we [parties] now don’t have mutual suspicion that arose after the Nepali media reported that India, a country whose positive role is specially expected right from the signing of the 12-point agreement to the entire peace process and the CA election, had advised for special relation between the UML and the Nepali Congress.”
A statement issued by Maoist chairman Prachanda after his meeting with PM Koirala.
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“Melamchi will come in a new way.”
Hisila Yami, Minister for Works and Physical Planning, saying that the government has requested Asian Development Bank to continue with the Melamchi project, at a press meet.
Transition:
NAMED: Richard Bennett, to head the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR Nepal), by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour.
CELEBRATED: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), its 56 years of presence in Nepal.
TABLED: The Bill for Second Amendment of Interim Constitution at the Legislature-Parliament.
LEFT: Ramesh Lekhak, Minister of State for Labor and Transport Management, for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the International Labor Conference by ILO.
The standing committee member of UML, Amrit Bohara, leading a delegation of MPs including Rakam Chemjong, Tanka Rai, Uma Adhikari, Suprabha Ghimire and Dharmashila Chapagain, for Sweden, on a study visit to learn about democratic development, social security and political affairs.
RETURNED: A UML delegation led by its general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, from a weeklong visit to India.
Chief Justice Dilip Poudel, from Malaysia, where he attended the Asia Pacific conference on judicial reform.
APPOINTED: Keshar Jung Baral, co-professor, as the vice chancellor of Pokhara University. Prof. Dr. Saubhagya Jung Karki, as chairperson of University Grants Commission. Dr. Krishna Manandhar, Prof. Shanti Devi Sharma and Prof. Bharat Jha as members of UGC.
Om Sharma, as the executive chairperson of Gorkhapatra Corporation, by the government.
