Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

“I accept the mistakes that were made in the last 12 years during our tenure.”

Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress (NC) and former prime minister, in Kantipur.

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“I will hold the elections very soon after getting consent from political parties.”

Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, in Spacetime.

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“I was disappointed by the results of the Free Student Union polls because there were no winners from deprived communities.”

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

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“The economic situation of the country is not bad.”

Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, finance minister, in Gorkhapatra.

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“I will continue to receive Tika (in Dashain) from the King however much I might be against him.”

Bamdev Gautam, senior leader of the UML and former deputy prime minister, in Rajdhani.

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“The unity will not be achieved through telephone talks.”

Homnath Dahal, spokesperson of the NC (Democratic), in Spacetime.

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“Even those businessmen who can, do not pay (loans) to the bank.”

Basudev Ram Joshi, chairperson of the Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB), in Deshantar.

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“We should not waver to call it as a Nepali Congress (Democratic) party.”

Mahesh Acharya, former minister and central leader of NC, saying that there was no reason to refrain from calling NC (D) as a separate party when even the Election Commission had recognized it, in Gorkhapatra.

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“We can earn livelihood by singing also.”

Lochan Bhattarai, popular singer, in Deshantar.

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