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"Girijababu should relinquish one post -- either the party presidency or the prime ministership."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister and senior Congress leader.

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"If need be, we could enter the jungles and even overtake the Maoists' people's war."

Bamdev Gautam, general secretary of CPN-Marxist Leninist, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"There is no need to amend the constitution."

Speaker Taranath Rana Bhat, in Gorkhapatra.

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"When the Nepali Congress, too, has become positive, Maoists should support and join the present moves to bring about changes in the constitution."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition CPN-UML, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has no legal authority to direct the government."

Laxman Prasad Aryal, Supreme Court Justice, speaking at the Reporters' Club.

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"At a time when the common people have praised the anti-corruption initiatives taken by the PAC, it is disappointing to note some quarters accusing us of overstepping the bounds."

Subash Nemwang, chairman of the PAC, speaking at the Reporters' Club.

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"There is no coordination between the government and the NHRC."

Prof. Kapil Shrestha, member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in Gorkhapatra.

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"The prevalence of a negative situation in the whole industrial sector is the result of the incompetent leadership of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry."

Chandi Raj Dhakal, leading garment industrialist, in Chhalfal.

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