Quote Unquote (Spotlight Weekly)

“I have decided to resign to open up the avenue for a national conciliation.”

Prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa, addressing the nation.

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“We have won a battle, but the war is still on.”

Girija Prasad Koirala, former prime minister and the president of Nepali Congress and the leader of the five party alliance, talking to reporters in his hometown Biratnagar, responding to the resignation by prime minister Surya Bahadur Thapa.

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“The king need not bother about all these things. It is the responsibility of the next government to solve all these problems.”

Bamdev Gautam, senior leader of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and former deputy prime-minister, in Drishti.

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“I don’t know why some parties are now saying that the common candidature of our party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is no longer valid. He was agreed as consensus candidate for the prime minister’s post by all the five parties.”

Bharat Mohan Adhikary, standing committee member of the UML, at a talk program in Nepal Television.

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“In the present context, election is being conceived to finish off the democracy. To go to the power in the name of holding election is just like drinking poison to quench thirst.”

Narayan Man Bijukchhe, Chairman of Nepal Peasants and Workers Party (NPWP), saying that elections are not possible at this situation, in Rajdhani.

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“I have no lust for power. However, I will reconsider it if the people urge me to do so.”

Chhaya Devi Parajuli, an 87-year-old Congress party worker who is actively involved in the agitation, when asked if she was hoping to be a minister, in Bimarsha.

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“The entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) was not necessary for Nepal.”

Jiwan Sharma, President of Morang Trade Organization reacting to the full fledged membership of Nepal to WTO, in Bimarsha.

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“The parties are stooping very low by chanting pro-republican slogans.”

Salim Miyan Ansari, Chairman of Socialist Party, in Jana Bhawana.

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