“(NC has to be careful) whether this slogan is aimed at pushing NC into a republic camp after which the international community would look us from a different perspective.”
Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala, addressing the closing session of the meeting of party’s district chiefs.
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“How can we talk about leftist unity when even our senior comrade Amrit Bohara’s properties have not been returned (by the Maoists)?”
Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), at a press meet.
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“Nepali Congress is a party of landlords.”
Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’, senior Maoist leader, in Nepal FM.
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“You can announce republic from the parliament only if you first allow it to run.”
Speaker Subas Nemwang, urging all concerned to allow the parliament session to proceed smoothly, at an interaction with the press.
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“Future may justify them. After hundred years, their justification might be established.” Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Minister of Information and Communication and government spokesperson, saying that past atrocities by the Maoists against journalists could be justified in future if looked through appropriate political perspective, addressing a public program.
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“The underlying meaning within his statement is highly dangerous.”
Raghuji Pant, former minister and UML MP, reacting to Mahara’s comments.
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“One is before the festival (festival season is in October), one is between Dashain and Tihar (late October) and the third is after the festival (mid November). We think the third option will be the most appropriate one. However, we also cannot go any further than mid-November as winter will then set in making it difficult for logistics movement in mountain districts.”
Usha Nepal, election commissioner, saying that the EC has given three alternative dates for CA.
Transition:
PASSES AWAY: Satchit SJB Rana, former army chief and royal advisor, passed away, Friday morning, at a hospital in Kathmandu. He was 74 years of age. He was suffering from cancer.
FORMED: The Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP-Anandidevi) has formed a three member talks committee to proceed with the unity with the NSP. The committee is led by co-general secretary Anil Jha and includes Surendra Kurmi and Kasim Ali Siddiqui as members.
Kathmandu Valley Drinking Water Limited, by the government, in order to hand over the distribution and management of valley’s drinking water to private sector. The Limited is headed by Birendra Man Shakya, senior divisional engineer at Melamchi project. It has representatives from municipalities and chamber: Indra Man Singh Suwa ( Kathmandu metropolitan), Rudra Gautam (Lalitpur sub metropolitan), Suresh Basnet (Nepal Chamber of Commerce) and two independent engineers Dhruba Bahadur Shrestha and Kamalesh Kumar Agrawal.
SUBMITTED: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), 15-point memorandum, to the Prime Minister, asking the government to create fearless environment and end uncertainty regarding Constituent Assembly polls.
RETURNED: Subas Nemwang, Speaker of the legislative parliament, after completing 9-day visit to Bali, Indonesia, where he led Nepali delegation at the conference of Inter Parliamentary Union.
