Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

"When I asked on whose security guarantee did they come to Nepal, they replied it was on Colonel Punís (minister Narayan Singh Pun) assurance."

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress, saying he was surprised to find the Maoist delegates Krishna Mahara and Dinanath Sharma confused over their agenda for peace talks.

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"You will see surprising political developments soon."

RPP leader and former prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, addressing a party meeting, in Rajdhani.

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"My marriage was not a love marriage as I had never seen the face of bride before the wedding. We did not have any honeymoon."

Speaker of the House of Representatives Taranath Ranabhat, in Bimarsha.

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"The word cease-fire has been distorted. It has not been used in accordance with its meaning."

Professor Dhruba Kumar of the Center for Nepal and Asian Studies, on the government-Maoist truce, in Bimarsha.

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"In the 10 years of my government career following the restoration of democracy, I spent five years in court battles. That was what I got as a citizen under democracy."

Former secretary Dan Bahadur Shahi, in Janastha.

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"Who says the army is not under the control of parliament? Has the army ever said so? Why should we raise such an unnecessary question."

CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, in Drishti.

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"We will not participate in any roundtable meeting summoned by illegitimate forces."

Former prime minister and Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala, in Deshantar.

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"The practice of producing news on the basis of assumptions is a cause for great concern."

Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Gore Bahadur Khapangi, in Gorkhapatra.

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"Would men be able to handle their jobs equally well if they have to shoulder household responsibilities? Women have been doing both equally well."

Bhuwan Chand, first Nepalese film actress, denying that women are behind men in society, in Spacetime daily.

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