Quotes of the Week

Supporters of the external powers are aroused to hear about national independence, freedom and self-respect. Countries, governments and leaders under colonial rule or external power do not speak for the national interest! Rectification of MCC in as-it-is terms and conditions is an act of a traitor.

- Dr Bhim Rawal, UML leader

We have a lot in common with the politics and economy in Peru and Chile. From those revolutionaries to the World Bank, and other supporting programmes have already been failed there. They are practising the same here. Sounds awesome!

- Binod Neupane

Prachandaji is running the government, Parliament and Supreme Court!

Who was such a powerful leader since 1951?

- Keshav P. Bhattarai, political analyst

The setting sun rises again.

Nepal's fallen monarchy will also emerge brighter again.

- Dilliram Khanal

I am a citizen of a country where government employees are paid for not working and take a bribe for working!

- Bhupendra Khadka

What I have understood is that after an investment of 13 billion rupees by Nepal out of 50 billion rupees worth MCC grant project, the remaining 37 billion rupees will be invested in five years i.e. 7.40 billion rupees annually. In such a small foreign grant also, Nepali leaders are wasting time on the debate. We, the Nepali people, guarantee that the entire investment for the project can be made by the Nepali people.

- Kailash Pradhan

Now any justification of the Republic of Nepal is over!

- Bishantar Shakya, Lalitpur

Those who have built houses in different places of Kathmandu from the Mahakali agreement are known as the political leaders of the day!

The Balkot palace, the Koteshwar palace, the Budhanilkantha Budhanilkantha are all built by selling Mahakali.

- Bhojraj Khadka, Achham

Just take foreign help as King Mahendra did. Foreign help should not be a burden nor a threat to the nation. Let the country move forward on the path of the patriotic self-reliant economy based on King Prithivi’s ideology!

- Khagendra Raj Sitoula

The tendency of those in government positions to become donors’ employees after retirement is an obstacle to our development.

- Surya Raj Acharya

There are 42 cement factories in Nepal. At least 600MW of electricity is consumed if all these are run by electricity. Similarly, 200MW of electricity is consumed by rod factories.

If you want to build big warehouses and start mass production, cheaper production is possible in Nepal than in China and India! Why do we talk about electricity export?

- Panta Nava Raj

The problem is not the MCC. The problem is the leaders and the system that has imported the MCC.

- Tek Raj Paneru