Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

“I am not going to India to hold dialogue with the Maoist leaders. If there is a need to hold dialogue with the Maoists, I will do it openly and after informing the Nepalese people.”

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress and former Prime minister, before leaving for India for his health check up, responding to speculations that he would meet Maoist leaders in India.

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“The party will succeed only if I succeed. If I fail, the party will also fail. So you need to fully support me.”

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, addressing his party leaders, in Spacetime.

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“The delay in forming the all party government is because of the prime minister himself. He has not asked for the names of candidates for ministers yet.”

Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), blaming the prime minister, at a function of his party.

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“They (the nominees of the local bodies) will start resigning from their posts seconds after their appointment. Who can stay in villages in this situation?”

Bamdev Gautam, a senior leader of the UML, saying that he is not in favor of re-instating the local bodies, in Kantipur.

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“We should not open up all the possibilities before the dialogues begin.”

Khem Raj Pandit, assistant general secretary of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), ruling out the issue of constituent assembly for now, in Spacetime.

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“Women have to fight for their right even within the political parties.”

Bidya Bhandari, former minister and a leader of the UML, at a talk program in Nepal Television.

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“The king must create room within the constitution.”

Mahesh Acharya, former finance minister, in The Kathmandu Post.

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“The political parties should take the issue of making new constitution whether by amendment or the Constituent Assembly to villages for discussion and debate.”

Parshu Narayan Chaudhary, Chairman of the Raj Parishad standing committee, in Spacetime.

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