“T his is a historic day for women. It marks the end of thousands of years of suppression against women.”
Urmila Aryal , Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, speaking after the House of Representatives unanimously endorsed a proposal calling for total end of legal and traditional discriminations against women.
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“T he restoration (of the local bodies) would not benefit UML alone. We are even ready to talk on this issue with the Maoists. But I am concerned with the trend of making serious remarks on every issue.”
Madhav Kumar Nepal , general secretary of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML),talking to reporters, raising objections over the remarks made by Maoist chairman Prachanda against restoration of local bodies .
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“T he PM will not make any controversial deal or decisions which are against national interests.”
Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli , Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, briefing the House of Representatives, about the impending India visit by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
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“I f your army and police do not obey your orders, the Maoist army will carry out your orders.”
Janardan Sharma , aka Prabhakar, deputy commander of the western central command of the Maoist army, to prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, addressing a mass meeting organized by the Maoists Special Central Command in the capital.
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“W e are now entering into the front of negotiations from the front of war. We ask all concerned to be alert towards defeating any conspiracies against the peace talks.”
Krishna Bahadur Mahara , Maoist spokesperson and the convener of the Maoists talk team, addressing a mass meeting organized by the Maoists Special Central Command in the capital .
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“I do not believe people will defeat us (in the elections).”
Netra Bikram Chand , alias Biplav, Maoist leader, in Jana Astha
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“A lthough, the people have become fully sovereign, there are some pragmatic problems still existing.”
Ram Chandra Poudel , general secretary of Nepali Congress, in Bimarsha .
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Transition
LEFT: Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala , for New Delhi , India , on an official visit from June 6 to June 9, at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh. PM Koirala is accompanied by Foreign Minister K.P. Oli and Finance Minister Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat.
FORMED : A 21-member committee headed by Speaker of the House of Representatives Subas Nemwang, comprising Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav and MPs from seven parties, to monitor the peace talks between the government and the Maoists and the implementation of the code of conduct, by the House of Representatives.
ARRESTED: Chhote Lal Sahani , a notorious kidnapper accused of attacking industrialists Ratan Lal Agrawal and Ramesh Kedia in Birgunj, by the Indian police, from railway station in Patna , Bihar .
APPOINTED: Mukund Sharma Poudel , as Acting Chief Secretary of Nepal government, by the council of ministers.
FREED : Ex ministers Ramesh Nath Pandey, Nikshya SJB Rana and Shrish SJB Rana, through an order of the full bench of the Supreme Court (SC), by the government. The ex-ministers were arrested by the government and were charged of active involvement in repressing the people’s movement and in hatching conspiracies against democracy and posing threat to security.
