“As the constitutional monarch transformed himself into an autocratic king and refused to backtrack, we were compelled to change ourselves.”
Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress and former prime minister, addressing the inaugural ceremony of the eleventh general convention of Nepali Congress.
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“Congress has been driven in a sponsored way since a long time. There is no meaning for me to stay in the central working committee of the congress at this time when there is a difference in ideology and policy.”
Shailaja Acharya, leader of Nepali Congress, on why she resigned from central working committee of the party, in Rajdhani.
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“The people’s movement of 1990 was aimed at ending the autocratic Panchayat regime and now it is directed toward ending the autocratic monarchy.”
Mahantha Thakur, newly elected member of CWC of Nepali Congress, speaking at a face to face program, at the Reporters’ Club.
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“If I commit any mistake you should point it out, but if I am doing something with good intention do not criticize if you cannot support it.”
Lok Man Singh Karki, newly appointed chief secretary, talking to journalists after his appointment to the new position.
“From the astrological point of view, the Republican set up in Nepal is not possible in any way.”
Udaya Niraula, a renowned astrologer, in Jana Bhawana
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“There is a possibility of nexus between the Maoists who are running an armed conflict in the name of people’s war and the King running a direct rule. Since the Maoists will never go to the power by revolution and lose if they go to the elections, they will immediately go to the government if the King calls them.”
Chitra Bahadur K. C., spokesperson of the Nepal Communist Party ( Unity Center - Masal), in Rajdhani.
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“I pray that this ceasefire will not end as it did before.”
Mukti Ram Dahal, father of Maoist chairman Prachanda, in The Kathmandu Post.
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Transition
APPOINTED: Lok Man Singh Karki, as the Chief Secretary of civil service, by the government.
Kedar Shakya, as the registrar of the Lumbini Bauddha University, as per the recommendation of the Vice Chancellor of the University, by the King.
ELECTED: Girija Prasad Koirala, as the president, and Shushil Koirala, Ram Chandra Poudel, Dr. Shashank Koirala, Mahantha Thakur, Arjun Narasingh K. C., Sujata Koirala, Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, Baladev Sharma Majgainya, Bhim Bahadur Tamang, Mahesh Acharya, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Meena Pandey, Shailaja Acharya, Bal Bahadur Rai, Man Bahadur Bishwakarma, Chakra Prasad Bastola, as the members of central working committee of Nepali Congress, by its eleventh general convention.
AWARDED: Fanindra Khetala, with the Jagadambashree Puraskar of this year, and Narayan Wagle, editor of Kantipur daily, with the Madan Puraskar of this year, for his novel ‘Palpasa Café’, by the Madan Puraskar Trust.
Bhawani Ghimire, litterateur and editor of Bhanu literary magazine, with the ‘Balchandra Award’ of this year, by the Balchandra Memorial Foundation.
LEFT: Dilip Kumar Poudel, chief justice of the Supreme Court, for China, to participate in the conference of the chief justices of forty countries of the world from September four to 10.
ACCREDITED: Victory Shumsher Rana, the Royal Nepalese Ambassador to Union of Myanmar, also as the ambassador to Socialist Republic of Vietnam, by the King, in accordance with the constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1990.
