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spotlogo2.jpg (6318 bytes) VOL. 24, NO. 06, AUGUST 13 -  AUGUST 19  2004 ( SHRAWAN 29, 2061 B.S. )

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"I have asked the Prime Minister to concentrate on peace process."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML).

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"I am not the kind of a person who would relegate the party within the confines of two rooms."

Pashupati SJB Rana, president of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), in Gorkhapatra.

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"He (Pashupati Rana) should refrain from visiting Reporters' Club and rather focus on meeting party colleagues in districts."

Padma Sundar Lawati, vice president of the RPP, criticizing Rana, in Drishti.

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"Referendum and Constituent Assembly are not the agenda of Congress. They are the agenda of the Maoists."

Shailaja Acharya, senior leader of Nepali Congress, expressing her dissent over the party's policy to open the option for holding referendum and/or the constituent assembly.

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"Parents obviously have to be ready to pay high fees to study in such nice schools."

Bimalendra Nidhi, Minister for Education and Sports, addressing the function after the inauguration of Delhi Public School, at Birgunj.

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"I would rather resign than withdraw the lottery system."

Raghuji Pant, Minister for Labor and Transport Management, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"The Maoists will resemble a deflated balloon once the powers that are currently backing them withdraw their support."

Krishna Pahadi, president of the Human Rights and Peace Society, in Deshantar.

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"Rest assured the government would not accept Constituent Assembly "

Balaram Gharti Magar, Minister for Science and Technology, in Spacetime.

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