Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

“The present activities of the government are fanning the anti-king sentiments among the people.”

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

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“The Prime Minister is misusing the state machinery.”

Pashupati SJB Rana, president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), addressing a party meet in Biratnagar, in Deshantar.

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“Our exercise of forming an all party government is still on.”

Kamal Thapa, government spokesperson and Minister for Information and Communication, in Gorkhapatra.

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“We cannot sit and watch silently if the parties continue to reject the government’s offer of forming all party government.”

Hari Bahadur Basnet, Minister for Education and Sports, in Spacetime daily.

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“If they think that extreme slogans can rock the Palace, they should remember that such act will not be conducive for friendship in future.”

Radha Krishna Mainali, a senior communist leader, in Jana Bhawana.

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“We must also show the way for the King to move after he dismisses the present Thapa government.”

Rajeshwor Devkota, president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP-Nationalist), in Drishti.

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“When our leader B.P. Koirala did not budge from his belief in constitutional monarchy even when he was facing charges that could have resulted in capital punishment, there is no reason why we should distance ourselves from constitutional monarchy.”

Guru Raj Ghimire, president of Nepal Students Union (NSU) affiliated to Nepali Congress, after the government dropped charges of sedition against him and two other student leaders, in Kantipur Television.

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“The only thing I want is peace.”

Madhav Prasad Ghimire, national poet, in Gorkhapatra.

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