"Everything will be done as per the understanding."
Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, responding to queries from reporters whether he is ready to step down to allow Maoists to form the next government.
"Girijababu has been leading since the peace agreement. We will want others to respect his leadership also during Constituent Assembly."
Sher Bahadur Deuba, senior leader of Nepali Congress (NC), pointing out that the Maoists need two-third majority to stake a claim to form new government.
"Right now I cannot renounce every kind of violence. We want to take the peace process to its logical conclusion and through this establish a model of peace and renounce reactionary violence."
Prachanda, Maoist chairman, talking to reporters after holding interaction with donors and diplomats.
"They should dissolve the YCL and the weapons that the PLA hold should either be destroyed or given to Nepal Army before Prachanda leads new government."
Gopal Man Shrestha, vice president of NC, setting out preconditions for the Maoist government, in The Himalayan Times.
"As per the mandate of the people, the Maoists should lead the government, but they should commit that excesses against the opposition will not continue."
Shankar Pokharel, leader of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), at an interaction.
"We have special relations with the two countries ( India and China) and we will not play off one against the other. Instead, we will try to make Nepal economically sound by learning from the experiences of both the countries."
CP Gajurel, Maoists' foreign department chief, addressing a seminar on Indo-Nepal relations hosted by Indian government in Patna.
"It is impossible for the first meeting of the CA to abolish the monarchy. Those who are saying that the first CA meeting will abolish the monarchy are fooling the people."
Upendra Yadav, coordinator of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), claiming that the first meeting will be over just after the new members take the oath of office and observe silence for martyrs, in The Himalayan Times.
"We will never follow the example of Maoists in Nepal and fight elections. We believe in capturing power through armed struggle."
Srinivas, a central committee member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), talking to reporters Wednesday (Apr 23) outside a court in southern India where he was on trial for his alleged role in the assassination of a former state government minister.
Transition
BAGGED: 100 seats under the Proportional Representation (PR) category by the Maoists; 73 seats by Nepali Congress, 70 seats by Unified Marxist Leninist; 22 seats by Madhesi Janadhikar Forum; 11 seats by Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party; 8 seats by Rastriya Prajatantra Party, 8 seats by Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist Leninist); 5 seats by Sadbhavana Party-Mahato; 4 seats by RPP-Nepal, and 3 seats by Rastriya Janashakti Party.
FILED: Half a dozen cases have been filed in the Constituent Assembly (CA) court, accusing of election rigging. Sharat Singh Bhandari, who won from Mahottari-6 as a candidate of Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF), faces two cases against him. Other winning candidates who have faced cases at the court include Rambabu Prasad Yadav (MJF, Bara-1); Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat (Nepali Congress, Nuwakot-2); Sher Bahadur Deuba (NC, Dadeldhura); and Ramesh Rijal (NC, Parsa-1).
REJECTED: The resignation submitted by Pashupati SJB Rana, as the president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), by the meeting of central working committee of the party.
LEFT: CP Gajurel, chief of the foreign department of the Maoists; Maoist leader and Minister Hisila Yami, to take part in a seminar on Indo-Nepal relations, hosted by Indian government, in Patna, India.
ARRIVED: Rakesh Sood, new Indian ambassador to Nepal, after Shiv Shankar Mukherjee returned after completing his tenure.
