Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

“I don’t want to bless anybody with the party leadership.”

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress, in Gorkhapatra.

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“The recommendation of the Constitutional Council is still with me. I will present it to the King soon.”

Prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, in response to charges of delay in the appointment of the heads of the constitutional bodies, in Himalaya Times.

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“We need to express the commitment to the constitution. There must not be any hatred campaign against it.”

Kamal Thapa, Minister of Information and Communication, talking to reporters.

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“I don’t think prime minister Thapa is sincere about holding the elections. His announcement to hold the election is just a ploy to prolong the life of his government.”

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist, in an interaction.

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“The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990 is successful in guaranteeing the civil rights and political rights.”

Laxman Prasad Aryal, former justice of the Supreme Court and a member of the constitutional drafting team, in a public program.

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“Despite the efforts to kill the constitution, Constitution of Kingdom of Nepal is still alive.”

Bharat Mohan Adhikary, senior leader of the UML.

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“One cannot hold the elections for the Constituent Assembly when the country is burning.”

K.P. Oli, senior leader of the UML, in Spacetime daily.

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“It is only the defaulters who are opposing the blacklisting by the bank.”

Rajendra Kumar Khetan, a leading industrialist, charging that big houses who have defaulted the payment of bank loans are going about deploring the recent initiatives by the bank to black-list them, in Deshantar.

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