QUOTE UNQUOTE(Spotlight Weekly)

"The prime minister's resignation is our first condition for any agreement."

K.P. Oli, senior UML leader, in Drishti.

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"That was unfortunate."

Sushil Koirala, former general secretary of Nepali Congress, on the decision of His Majesty the King to send the controversial bill to amend Citizenship Act to Supreme Court, in Kantipur.

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"To dislodge the corrupt prime minister is our mandatory compulsion."

Pradeep Nepal, former minister and spokesman of Unified Marxist Leninist, in Budhabar.

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"The opposition's demand for the PM's resignation by blocking parliament is unconstitutional."

Gajendra Narayan Singh, president of Nepal Sadbhavana Party, addressing the public gathering.

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"I joined the cabinet to help the party president in attaining unity."

Omkar Prasad Shrestha, minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.

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"Rastriya Prajatantra Party is not UML's tail. It is only on the issue of corruption that our views are similar. Otherwise, we have our own identity."

Jog Meher Shrestha, central leader of RPP, saying that being a prime minister of the majority government it is up to Girija Prasad Koirala's judgement whether or not resign under pressure from opposition, in Bimarsha.

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"Instability is the root of all ills."

Pradeep Kumar Shrestha, President of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), in Punarjagran.

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"In the present system of entrance exams and expensive colleges, there is no possibility for poor and deserving students to get the chance to become doctor."

Dr. Narayan Dharel, a prominent doctor, who could join the medical profession even though he was from poor background, saying there is no possibility for students from his kind of background to become doctors anymore, in Gorkhapatra.

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