"I have
already told my friend Madhav Kumar Nepal (UML general secretary) that their approach is
wrong."
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai,
former prime minister, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.
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"He is never
open. He does not talk in detail. Just says vague thinks like ‘leave it, let’s
go unitedly’."
Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader
of the main opposition and UML general secretary, asked whether he had talked to Prime
Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on the present crisis, in Kantipur.
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"Girijababu
is still my main leader."
Jaya Prakash Gupta, Nepali
Congress MP who recently resigned from the position of agriculture and cooperatives
minister, dismissing claims that he was abandoning the prime minister to join the Deuba
camp, in Bimarsha.
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"All
industrialists and businessmen should welcome this move. At least there won’t be any
smuggling now."
Mahesh Acharya, Minister for
Defense, on the mobilization of army at major custom points, in Himalaya Times.
* * *
"Why should
I become an ISI agent? I have no business becoming closer to Pakistan. In fact, I once
said that Pakistan International Airlines should stop its flights to Kathmandu."
Jamim Shah, chief of the
Spacetime Network, emphatically dismissing allegations that he is an agent of Pakistani
intelligence agency, in Jana Aastha.
* * *
"Anybody who
defies the appeal will be severely punished by the People’s Government according to
the people’s decision."
A notice pasted by Maoists in Kalikot, asking
the local people to kill their dogs, after the canines’ barks alerted police, in The
Kathmandu Post.
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"The Asian
Football Confederation (AFC) breached the law of the land by constituting a separate
committee."
Geeta Rana, president of the
National Sports Council-recognized ad hoc committee of the All Nepal Football Association,
accusing the AFC of dividing the football association in Nepal, in Chhalfal.
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"There is
everything. Mostly, you get respect and money if you work hard there."
Prem Raja Mahat, Nepali folk
singer-turned-restaurant manager in the US, who left the country four years ago, when
asked what is so special about the United States, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.
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