QUOTE UNQUOTE(Spotlight Weekly)

"If you have the courage, come through constitutional means."

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, challenging the opposition to demand his resignation through the constitutional process, in Himalaya Times.

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"Saline administered by external forces will not save this government. Panchayat, Marcos or Estrada couldn’t survive that way and neither will this government."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition and general secretary of the Unified Marxist-Leninist, when asked to comment on the recent statement by the US ambassador, in Gorkhapatra.

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"Demanding his resignation is our right, not that of the opposition."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister, saying that it was up to the Nepali Congress itself to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, in Himalaya Times.

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"I am trying to speak in the capacity of a Mai Ka Lal (mother’s son, literally)."

Sher Bahadur Deuba, former prime minister, reacting to the speech by Congress leader and former deputy prime minister Shailaja Acharya where she said there was no "Mai Ka Lal" in the Congress party who could replace Prime Minister Koirala, during a public program, in Spacetime.

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"Can dialogue happen by suppressing the people and beating the opposition leaders with baton?"

Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, deputy leader of the opposition Unified Marxist-Leninist party, ruling out the possibility of dialogue with the Koirala government, in Budhabar.

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"There is no denying the possibility of mobilization of the army in proper time to support the national interest and to provide peace and security as well as undertake development activities."

Prajwalla SJB Rana, chief of army staff, addressing a program held at army camp in Shivapuri, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"The hands of the army will also be tied if a state of emergency is not declared."

Satchit SJB Rana, former chief of Royal Nepalese Army, in Deshanter.

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"I took Rs 200,000 to work in my latest film ‘Yo Kasto Prem’."

Niruta Singh, considered to be one of the most expensive actresses in the Nepalese film industry, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.

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