"Anybody who
protests against the revolutionary decision by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on land
reforms is a feudal."
Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader
of the main opposition, defending the prime minister’s announcement on land reforms.
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"Madhavji’s
single house in Kathmandu is worth more than my total property. But he is not a
feudal."
Gajendra Narayan Singh,
president of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP), which is against the land freeze announced by
the prime minister, lambasting leader of the opposition Madhav Kumar Nepal for calling
opponents of the proposal as feudals, in Kantipur.
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"If he has
the guts, let him first announce the imposition of ceiling on his own property."
Renu Yadav, member of
parliament belonging to Rastriya Prajatantra Party, denouncing in parliament Prime
Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s move to impose land ceiling.
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"The Nepali
Congress will be finished if it sheds its ideological identity in the name of national
consensus. A balanced and equitable society cannot be built by attacking land, which
remains the financial foundation of middle and lower middle class people."
Shailaja Acharya, former
deputy prime minister and senior leader of ruling Nepali Congress, expressing her
discontentment over the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s announcement on
decreasing the land ceiling, in Gorkhapatra.
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"My
relatives have phoned me to tell that my husband didn’t take good decision."
Dr. Arzoo Deuba, spouse of
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba who comes from Rana family traditionally known to be big
land and property holders, in Samacharpatra.
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"It is
natural that the government’s focus was on this issue as non-economic issues were
affecting the economy more."
Dr. Tilak Rawal, governor of
the Nepal Rastra Bank, defending government’s decision on freezing the land
transaction and adding that the government will not take any surprise move that would
affect the financial sector, in Kantipur.
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"One day I
will definitely raise the curtain from the Lauda mystery. Just wait."
Siddha Raj Joshi, one of the
main accused in the Lauda scam and then member of RNAC board who is the last among his lot
still languishing in jail, in Spacetime daily.
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"Compared to
the past, open prostitution has decreased. This is because they are getting employment in
the restaurants and hotels that have been mushrooming."
Krishna Prasad Sharma,
police inspector at Hanumandhoka police station, in Gorkhapatra.
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