Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

"Why talk about party, when I am set to make the country one?"

Girija Prasad Koirala, President of Nepali Congress and former prime minister, in response to the media queries about the party unification.

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"This government has been formed for a limited period of time with limited objective, it cannot perform all the works like that of an elected government."

Deep Kumar Upadhyaya, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, at a function organized by the Cargo entrepreneurs in Kathmandu.

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"It is the government's responsibility to take the initiative and encourage the Maoists to follow them."

Subash Nembang, leader of the Unified Marxist Leninist UML), in response to government's stand that the Maoists should take the first step in the dialogue process, in Spacetime.

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"If you decide [about the promotion and transfer of police officers] hundred percent according to the criteria, I am ready to hold 102 percent of the pressures that might come from the political sector."

Purna Bahadur Khadka, Home Minister, directing the home ministry and senior police officers, in response to their remarks that they can resume the withheld task of promotion and transfer if there was no political pressure.

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"The dialogues in the past were held to show to others and for propaganda purposes. This time the government will declare a ceasefire only after the terms of negotiations with the Maoists become clear."

Bachaspati Devkota, Minister for Population and Environment, in Sapcetime.

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"Everyone needs to be clear that there will be a bloodshed if this government is toppled."

Krishna Gopal Shrestha, State Minister for Local Development, addressing a function in Kathmandu.

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"If Raghu Panta shows this kind of ego, we will make him 'Raghupati Raghab Rajaram' and send him to Pashupatinath."

Ganesh Lama, vice president, Foreign Employers' Association, talking about their disagreement in the lottery system introduced by the minister to send trainee workers to Korea, at a function in Kathmandu.

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"The government is not scared of the threats. The lottery system will not be withdrawn. We are ready to talk to the employment agencies about everything but the lottery system."

Urba Dutta Pant, State minister for Labor and Transport Management, in response to the entrepreneurs' comments, at the same function.

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