Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

"We cannot expect corrections in the constitutional process even if Madhav Kumar Nepal becomes prime minister or someone else is removed as prime minister. Such policies will only help reactionary forces."

Ram Chandra Poudel, former deputy prime minister and senior leader of the Nepali Congress, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"Unified Marxist-Leninist did not recommend the use of Article 127 of the constitution. It only authorized Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to find a constitutional way out of the crisis."

Ishwor Pokharel, senior leader of Unified Marxist-Leninist, in Spacetime Daily.

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"The government has yet to rid itself of a tyrant's mind-set."

Devi Prasad Ojha, Minister of Education and Sports, in Himalaya Times.

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"There is no such thing like winning or losing in the war between the Maoists and the army."

Madan Prasad Aryal, defense secretary, in Himalaya Times.

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"A number of fake Kamaiyas have come on the streets after real Kamaiyas received land."

Badri Narayan Basnet, Minister of Land Reforms and Management, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"I have not fled."

Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta, former minister of communication and information, rejecting news reports he had fled the country to evade corruption investigations, in Kantipur Daily.

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"Gorkhapatra should not be the mouthpiece of any particular party or group."

Ramesh Nath Pandey, Minister of Communication and Information, in Gorkhapatra.

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"The Maoists will continue their dance of death as long as the gap between the parties and the king exists."

Pashupati Sumsher Rana, president of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, in Spacetime Daily.

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