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“I have become Prime Minister twice. I have also become the Party President. There is no position above these that I aspire to achieve anymore. So whatever I am speaking these days are in the nation's interest. These are the things I feel.”

Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister, in Bimarsha.

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“It is unfortunate that the plane coming from Kathmandu was hijacked. But I don't think this incident will affect the cordial relations existing between India and Nepal.”

Jaswant Singh, Indian Minister for External Affairs, in Bimarsha.

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“It is futile to try to diminish anybody's talents or abilities. Such attempts are like trying to spit at the sky.”

Krishna Gopal Shrestha, central member of UML, commenting on the party general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal's decision to make Amrit Kumar Bohara the acting general secretary before he left for USA --bypassing K.P. Oli, the party's deputy leader in the parliament, in Deshanter.

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“The terror unleashed by the government and Congress is more dangerous than that of Maoists.”

Mohan Bikram Singh, general secretary of radical communist party Masal, in Budhabar.

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“The Prime Minister had offered the post of Deputy Prime Minister to me. But, I don't know about latest developments and difficulties, if any, being faced by the Prime Minister to execute his decision.”

Ram Chandra Poudel, former Speaker and senior Nepali Congress leader, in Dristi.

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“It is nonsense to suggest that India wants to bring Nepal under its security umbrella or take over the security at the Tribhuvan International Airport."

Indian ambassador K. V. Rajan, addressing the Republic Day function organized at the Indian embassy in Kathmandu, in Kantipur daily.

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“We must prevent the corrupt politicians from defiling the sacred statues of our beloved martyrs from their sinful touches."

Kuber Sharma, President, Hiriyali Nepal Party, speaking on the Martyr's Day.

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