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"In the game for power, there is no
need for consensus." Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, denouncing the call for
national government and consensus by his party president Girija Prasad Koirala, in
Kantipur. * * * "I
never said that there is a need for a national government. The media
distorted my statements." Girija Prasad Koirala, former prime minister, rejecting
media reports that he was attempting to pull down the Deuba government by calling for
national government and broad consensus, in an interview with BBC Nepali service. * * * "Maybe
Girija Prasad Koirala can see victory for himself in the defeat of Sher Bahadur Deuba. A
habit developed over decades may not go away in a single day. But this habit is suicidal
at present." Jaya Prakash Gupta, spokesman of the government and Minister
for Information and Communication, speaking at a program organized by Press Chautari, in
Drishti. * * * "We
will pay the tax only if the private schools are included in the Education Act and they
are levied certain percent of tax to be collected in a fund." Sitaram Maskey, general secretary of Private and Boarding
Schools Association of Nepal, challenging the government's drive of collecting tax by
stating that the private schools would not pay the tax under the Company Act, in Nepal
Samacharpatra. * * * "Up
to 25-30 percent of the development expenditure of the present budget could be cut and
allocated for increased security expenses." Bijaya Kumar Gachchadar, minister for Water Resources,
talking to media. * * * "The
tension between India and Pakistan is the main reason why the SAARC couldn't move as
desired. But this does not mean we do not need SAARC." Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya, former foreign minister, in
Deshanter. * * * "The
warm treatment tourists get here attract many women who are fed up with the western dating
scene." Bimal Naharkee, of Eco Treks, on what draws the westerner to
a Nepali suitor that some of them marry the local boys, in The Kathmandu Post. "I
don't have any regrets. Rather, I am enjoying it." Tenjin Dolver Lama, a 23-year-old post-graduate in Buddhist
philosophy, who is actively engaged in modeling, in Rajdhani. * * *
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