Quotes of the Week

Will Nepal ever achieve a unified understanding of history and national heritage? There has to be zero tolerance for vandalising or reckless disregard for the identity of the first ruler of unified Nepal, Shree Paanch Bada Maharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev.

Republic, federalism or any form of political system shouldn’t be a whimsical reason to erase one’s history.

- Navita Srikant It is sad and reprehensible to remove the statue of Badamaharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah in the middle of the night under the instructions of the Metropolitan Chief.

Removing and vandalizing the statue of the king under whose leadership we got the Nepali name and identity is shameful in front of the world. I want to draw the attention of the government to immediately restore the statue that was removed from Prithvi Chowk in Pokhara.

- Rajendra Lingden Let’s oppose the mayor's scandalous and disgusting work.

As long as the existence and history of Nepal, Prithvi Narayan Shah will remain, even if he is removed from Prithvichok, even if some political and ethnic frustrations shout.

- Jainendra Jeevan There is funding for destroying the culture and history. Poor Nepali people do not understand the consequences.

- Akhanda We make big talk about becoming rich by exporting electricity to India but the reality is that we are exporting electricity worth 10 billion rupees, whereas, importing electricity worth 19 billion rupees!

- Dipak Poudel I may be wrong but the governance of the nation relies on God’s blessings. I don’t think those sitting on the responsible posts have been using their brains. Maybe, they are busy imposing taxes upon taxes and exploiting the taxpayers.