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"I
don't understand why some of our colleagues in the [Nepali Congress]
party are raising the issue of constituent assembly. Can they guarantee that a
constitution drawn up that way will live long?" Tara Nath Rana Bhat, Speaker of the House of
Representatives, in Himalaya Times. * * * "I
was expelled from the party on the ground that I did not set fire on my car and did not
push it from the cliff. I don't know what type of discipline our comrades wanted to
maintain in the party." Devi Prasad Ojha, Minister for Sports and Education, in
Janastha weekly, explaining why he quit the Marxist-Leninist party. * * * "The
political parties encourage the Maoists by describing them variously as a political force,
terrorists and friendly forces. Political parties exploit the Maoist problem to fulfill
their petty interests." Deepak Gyawali, Minister of Water Resources, in Bimarsha. * * * "Ministers
and political leaders who address corruption are themselves corrupt. They are giving
statements in front of another group of corrupt." Surya Nath Upadhyaya, Chief Commissioner of the Commission
of Investigation of Abuse of Authority, in Space-Time daily. * * * "We
have no intention to curb press freedom. The press will remain as free as it is." Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister of Information and General
Administration, in Rajdhani. * * * "If
patience and tolerance are interpreted as weakness, a solution will be found through
struggle." Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of Unified
Marxist-Leninist, in Himalaya Times. * * * "You
cannot distinguish between Nepali and foreign music." Deepak Jangam, prominent musician, in Gorkhapatra. * * * "There
is no need to edit my articles. I edit them myself before sending them to the press. Or
else, I will not contribute articles to Navayug (party paper of CPN-UML). K. P. Sharma Oli, UML leader, in Kantipur. * * *
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