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"When
the government says it can provide security and hold the elections, why should we hold
biased views on the future on the basis of hypothetical arguments? We have to trust the
government." Nayan Bahadur Khatri, chairman of the Human Rights
Commission, in Deshantar. * * * "I
don't have any doubt that the Nepali Congress led by Girija Prasad Koirala will receive
recognition [from the Election Commission]. I don't have any doubt about it." Bishwanath Upadhyaya, former chief justice, in Bimarsha.
Laxman Prasad Aryal, former judge of the Supreme Court, in
Space Time. * * * "Those
who can just make good sounds should secure the membership of our association." Popular singer Mira Rana in Space-Time, on qualifications
for membership of the association. * * * "Ultra
leftists and ultra rightists cannot be an alternative to the Nepali Congress." Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of CPN-UML, in
Drishti. * * * "I
am not a constitutionalist. If the laws were adequate to deal with the situation, why,
then, did the government impose the state of emergency? So far as I know, the emergency
was imposed because the acts were not adequate to deal with the situation." Raghu Chandra Bahadur Singh, retired major-general of the
Royal Nepalese Army, in Jana Bhawana. * * * "Another
state of emergency will depend upon the activities of the Maoist terrorists." Devendra Raj Kadel, Minister of State for Home, in
Gorkhapatra. * * * "The
CPN-UML and the RPP have already kicked off the election campaign, but the Nepali Congress
is yet to start because of the conspiracy of the Election Commission." Ram Chandra Poudel, former deputy prime minister and member
of Nepali Congress-Koirala, in Himalaya Times. * * * "I
am ready to sacrifice for the cause of democracy. There is a need
for unity among the monarchy and political forces to protect the democracy." Former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, in Rajdhani
daily. * * *
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