"Nobody is going to lose in this election."
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, claiming that the Constituent Assembly (CA) election will be a key to major change in the country.
"The press does not take seriously when our cadres are killed. Already seven of our cadres have been killed."
Prachanda, Maoist chairman, at a press meet.
"Only a parent knows what labor pangs are and what trauma she has to go through to bring the child into this world and bring it up."
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, senior leader of the Maoists, saying that the Maoists must win the election to usher in the republic, addressing an election rally in Kailali.
"If they (parties) continue to violate election code of conduct, the Election Commission will be compelled to take actions ranging from imposing fine on parties; terminating the candidacy of a candidate; or annulling the voting in particular booths where there are reports of forceful voting."
Bhoj Raj Pokharel, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), at a press meet.
"The NA will not bow down or compromise with elements that play with Nepal's sovereignty and territorial integrity, that raises arms against democratic system and wants to direct the political system through arms; which in this global context believes in terrorism, extremism and radicalism and wants to seize state power based on such beliefs."
A press release issued by Nepali Army (NA) following media reports that Maoist chief had met with army chief.
"I don't need security personnel who do not follow my orders."
Matrika Yadav, Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, who discharged security personnel of Nepali Army (NA) and locked up their quarters at his residence, claiming that they refused to travel with him to Janakpur.
"The pattern of these incidents has raised serious questions about whether the CPN (Maoist), or significant parts of it, are willing to engage in a genuinely free and fair democratic process."
An election report issued by United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN).
"There are three votes in my family. I guess, we will divide it for three big parties."
Haribansha Acharya, a comedian who has been campaigning for the successful election, when asked whom he would vote for, in Naya Patrika.
Transition:
PASSED AWAY: Ishwor Ballav, senior litterateur and famous poet, of heart attack, at the age of 70
LAUNCHED: Election Observation Mission (EOM) by the European Union.
UNVEILED: Election manifestoes by Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) led by Rajendra Mahato; CPN-Marxist Leninist led by Chandra Prakash Mainali; Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP), Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) led by Upendra Yadav and Naba Janabadi Morcha (NJM) led by Ramraja Prasad Singh.
SET UP: A media center, by the Election Commission (EC), in Kantipath.
FILED: Nomination for candidacy for the position of president of Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), by Chandi Raj Dhakal and Kush Kumar Joshi. Dhakal is the sitting president while Joshi is second vice president of FNCCI.
DIED: Three persons, two in a road accident and one after falling from roof of a house, during this year's Holi celebrations in Kathmandu valley.
