"(Their) cadres are running amok beating left and right and their leaders express concern and say they are sorry. I don't know if that is real or mere crocodile tear."
Madhav Kumar Nepal, referring to Maoist chairman Prachanda's visit to Teaching Hospital to meet with Deepak Gautam, a pro-UML student who was seriously injured by cadres of Maoist-affiliated YCL.
"To serve Nepal and Nepalis is our dharma and occupation, but the army should be kept above any ism, political ideology and motivation. "
General Rookmangud Katawal, chief of army staff, Nepali Army, before he left for a weeklong visit to China.
"We are struggling for liberation. We want autonomy. We will not surrender."
Mahantha Thakur, chief of the Tera-Madhes Democratic Party, after submitting a list of demands to the Prime Minister.
"Our party is fully committed to election. The CA election will now depend on how other parties behave. We are fully committed to take part in it."
Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Information and Communication Minister, and Maoist spokesperson.
"We will return only after liberation. If anyone tries to make us return before liberation, they will themselves have to return from the government."
Netra Bikram Chand aka Biplav, a hardliner within Maoists, in Kantipur.
"I am not trying to create a scene here. I just want to establish the right to my mother-tongue."
Matrika Yadav, a Maoist-nominee, after refusing to take oath in Nepali language, when he was sworn in as Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation.
"The election is unfair since thousands of Nepali speaking people, who were not provided with the No Objection Certificates were barred from voting."
Tek Nath Rizal, a Bhutanese refugee leader, in response to the election held in Bhutan last week, in The Himalayan Times.
Transition:
SWORN IN: Matrika Yadav, as the Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, and Ramesh Lekhak, as Minister for Labor and Transport Management, by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
LEFT: General Rookmangud Katawal, chief of army staff, Nepali Army, for a weeklong visit to China, at the invitation of Chinese Army.
APPOINTED: Govinda Bahadur Thapa and KB Limbu, as chairman and managing director, respectively, of the Nepal Airlines Corporation.
KILLED: Three persons including principal Sushila Shakya, teacher Pramila Rai and a student Mohan Lungeli of a school in Kathmandu when a bus carrying students and teachers returning from a picnic in Kakani met with an accident near Okharpauwa on Saturday (Jan 05) evening.
SUSPENDED: The crucial central committee meeting of the Maoists, for two days, after it passed chairman Prachanda's political resolution.
EXTENDED: The date for registering a political party for contesting in the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA), till January 14.
DEFERRED: The decision on the case of suspended Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) governor Bijay Nath Bhattarai, by the Special Court, for the fourth time.
