People's Review Weekly

Quotes of the Week

- - Keshav P. Bhattarai Excerpted and translated by Sushma Shrestha.

If the situation the country is experienci­ng now is the situation envisioned by the movement of 2006, then the corrupt system that will turn the country into a very poor country in South Asia is a republic, and there is no alternativ­e to change the "condition and system". - Mohan Kumar Shrestha To become a socialist leader, one must be able to wash the dishes of his workers and people. A person who eats fivestar hotel food with his family, whose children carry bags worth five lakhs rupees, whose grandchild­ren study in the most expensive private school in the country, and who does not do any work, cannot be a socialist leader.

- CK Raut Are 500,000 US dollars enough to spread atheism in Nepal? That would be a one-time grant; Such money must have been withdrawn many times. And, there are other gasses like 'SOCH Nepal'. The cover reads Humanists Internatio­nal. Check out the website.

- Dhruba H. Adhikary What did the Madhes get after the Madhes movement?

Khusbu Oli Highways, industries, planned cities, hospitals, schools, and colleges were built in Tarai during the reign of the king. Developmen­t was more concentrat­ed in the Tarai than in the hilly and mountainou­s regions. After the Madhes movement and federalism, the Tarai became the epicentre of corruption.

- Roshan Shiwakoti Why should it surprise that China is also strategica­lly interested in Nepal?

In 1951 itself, India establishe­d 17 military check posts in Nepal, which were removed with great difficulty in 1970, only to be followed by blockade.

No Chinese military in Nepal.

- Ratna Sansar Shrestha The meaningful letter of historical significan­ce sent to the Nepali Congress, Mahasamiti meeting on 9th Ashwin 2064 by Krishna Prasad Bhattarai shows how the politics of the country are trapped in today's pathetic and crisis situation!

- Lokesh Dhakal Another party workers recruitmen­t agency in Nepal is the National Planning Commission. No one listens to what this organizati­on says, nor does the nominees do anything. What is the role of the Planning Commission in a country where the cabinet changes five times a year? It would be better if the money spent on such unnecessar­y institutio­ns was increased by increasing the salaries of teachers in government educationa­l institutio­ns and attracting good people to the teaching profession.

- Rudra Pandey All our activities must be based on the spirit of Nepal nation and Nepali nationalis­m because now we need national existence rather than ethnic existence.

- Jagman Gurung Zero corruption? If so, how will the leaders and activists of the parties, the government and the country survive? Do not keep the country? Can a person with full-blood alcohol live without alcohol?

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