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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 22, NO. 47, JUNE 06 -  JUNE 12 2003.

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"There is a suspicion that the joint audience was aimed at defusing the movement of the parties."

-Girija Prasad Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress, in Himalaya Times.

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"I am the biggest victim of the October 4 move. I have no objection to consensus. Madhav Kumar Nepal could become prime minister by consensus. But there seems to be an attempt to sabotage consensus by comparing us with regressive forces."

-Sher Bahadur Deuba, former prime minister and president of Nepali Congress (Democratic), in Kantipur.

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"Mere change in government should not be the goal of the movement of parties."

-Ram Chandra Poudel, senior leader of Nepali Congress, in a statement.

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"The resignation of the Chand government is a move aimed at derailing the peace talks."

-Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, coordinator of Maoists talks team, in Kantipur.

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"Formation of a government under Article 128 of the Constitution is the only alternative."

-Laxman Aryal, former justice of Supreme Court, speaking at an interaction program.

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"It was because of the cooperation from King Birendra that I could take a stern stand and assert our national interest when India imposed the embargo against Nepal in 1989."

-Marichman Singh Shrestha, former prime minister, in Jana Bhawana.

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"Nepal cannot cut down the number of Everest expeditions. If we do so, they will climb it from the Tibetan side."

-Shankar Koirala, joint secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, in Himalaya Times.

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