QUOTE UNQUOTE(Spotlight Weekly)

"Girijababu should step down at the proper time."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister, at a Nepali Congress meeting.

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"I never imagined that a reputable paper like Kantipur would publish such things."

Shiva Raj Joshi, Minister of State for Information and Communication, supporting the home administration’s decision to arrest the editor and publishers of Kantipur daily on charges of sedition for publishing an opinion article by an underground Maoist leader.

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"All political parties have welcomed the present King’s accession to the throne, saying it is in accordance with the constitution. So, politically I see no trouble now."

Padma Ratna Tuladhar, former minister and left-leaning human rights activist, in Bimarsha.

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"For a revolution to succeed, favorable circumstances are more important."

Narayan Man Bijukchhe, president of Nepal Workers and Peasants Party, saying that raising arms alone would not make a revolution, in Chhalfal.

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"The death of Their Majesties has come like the death of one’s own parents. I am really feeling bad that I couldn’t do something at this hour."

Ramesh Upreti, an actor, regretting that he couldn’t shave his head because his producers didn’t want their shooting schedules disrupted, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"The future of the monarchy in Nepal will be bright if King Gyanendra works according to the people’s wishes and eliminates the mafia in the palace."

Dr. Sanubhai Dangol, the only Nepali to have received a doctorate from the Tribhuvan University on the place of palace in Nepalese politics, in Budhabar.

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"Since the King and the Queen were the parents of the country, we have banned the selling and consumption of meat for 13 days."

Chhorten Gharti, an inhabitant of Manang district, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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