“Disrupting NC mass meeting will obstruct the unity of eight parties.”
Ram Chandra Poudel, Minister for Peace and Reconstruction and general secretary of Nepali Congress (NC), hitting at the Maoists for imposing Narayani zone transport bandh on the day of NC’s mass meeting in Birgunj.
“People of Nepal will reject the politics of threat and intimidation.”
Sushil Koirala, vice president of NC, addressing the mass meeting in Birgunj, accusing the Maoists of continuing to exercise politics of violence.
“If the eight parties do not agree, we will forge unity among leftist and republican forces and declare the country republic by the parliament.”
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, senior Maoist leader warns of agitation from third week of May to press for republic declaration, at a program organized by Gorkha-Kathmandu Republican Forum.
“Fundamental issues should be decided by Nepali people, not by eight leaders.”
Surya Bahadur Thapa, former prime minister and president of Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP), when asked to comment on demands for republic declaration by the parliament.
“I have reservations against declaration of republic by the parliament- which itself is not an elected body.”
Pradeep Gyawali, former minister and senior UML leader, at a radio program.
“It is obvious that it was well planned and the security provided to the King was excessive.”
Janardan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’, a Maoist MP, asking the government to clarify why the army provided salute to the King during his visit to Dakshinkali temple.
“Few could have imagined at the beginning of 2006 that an end to the armed conflict would have been declared, the UN would have started implementing an agreement on managing arms and armed personnel, and that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) would have entered an interim legislature with the Government. These are historic achievements.”
Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General, notes in his recent Nepal report presented to the Security Council.
Transition:
LEFT: Subas Nemwang, Speaker of the parliament legislature, leading a Nepali delegation, for Jakarta, Indonesia, to take part in the Inter Parliamentary Union’s conference.
RETURNED: Surya Bahadur Thapa, former prime minister and president of Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP), from a weeklong visit to India.
PASSED AWAY: Mohan Gopal Khetan, a prominent industrialist, at a hospital in Kathmandu. Khetan, 61, died of heart attack at Norvic Hospital.
FORMED: Four member talks team by the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) to hold talks with the government. The team is led by its chairman Upendra Yadav. Other members of the talk team are Sitanandan Raya, Kishor Kumar Bishwas Tharu and Mohammad Nasir Siddiqui.
Four recommendation committees headed by Education Minister to suggest names for vice chancellors of four universities, by the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, in his capacity as chancellor of the universities.
INVITED: Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NFIN), by the government, for talks on May 5.
REGISTERED: Sixty-two parties at the Election Commission.
