"All the changes in the country in the past were brought about in the leadership of NC. This time, too, NC will lead the change. Until the NC decides, the nation cannot change."
Prime Minister and president of Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala, addressing the inaugural session of the Mahasamiti meeting of NC.
"It will be meaningless to hold election with Maoist participation."
Sher Bahadur Deuba, president of Nepali Congress-Democratic and former prime minister.
"If the interim parliament declares republic that will be tantamount to seizing the right of the people."
Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, speaking at an interaction program in the capital.
''The common goal must remain to enable the people of Nepal to choose their own future and the manner of their governance.''
Pranab Mukherjee, India's Minister for External Affairs, reacting to the Maoist decision of quitting the government.
"Trying to trash this election is trying to trash the whole process."
Richard Boucher, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, commenting on the Maoists' move to quit the government and launch agitation against election, while speaking at Washington's Johns Hopkins University.
"The failure of the parties to govern and match rhetoric with action threatens the election, as does the Maoist's sabre-rattling."
Patrick Leahy, US Senator, speaking at the Senate on September 18.
"It has not been possible for relief workers to go far beyond the highway to gather details or to provide assistance. If the situation is not addressed effectively, the communal discord that has erupted in parts of Kapilvastu could well travel to other parts."
A statement issued jointly from Butwal by civil society activists Dr. Gauri Shankar Lal Das, Sushil Pyakurel, Kanak Dixit, and Kundan Aryal who toured the violent-torn Kapilbastu district.
" Nepal has seen many movements. It now needs movement for health."
Swami Ramdev, India's Yoga Guru, who arrived in the capital to hold Yoga session.
Transition:
WON: Prashant Tamang, 24, from Nepali-origin family in Darjeeling, India, the coveted Indian Idol title.
FORMED: A three-member panel led by Lokendra Mallik, judge of Appellate Court, Rajbiraj, and including joint attorney general Pushpa Raj Koirala and Additional Inspector General of Police Niraj Pun, to probe the incidents of violence in Kapilbastu. The panel has been asked to submit report within a month.
RECALLED: Narendra Dahal, Chief District Officer of Kapilbastu district, to the Home Ministry. He will be replaced by Beni Madhav Gyawali.
AWARDED: Mahesh Bikram Shah with the Madan Puraskar 2063 for his book "Chhapamarko Chhora" (Son of a Guerilla) and botanist Dr. Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha with Jagadamba Shree Puraskar 2063, by Madan Puraskar Guthi.
ARRIVED: Swami Ramdev, Indian Yoga Guru, in the capital, to conduct a week-long Yoga session.
RETURNED: Shahid Mallik, UK Minister for Asia, after completing a brief visit to Nepal.
