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"What would happen if army failed (to do the job)? Should we then ask for help from India or other neighbors?" Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, saying mobilizing army was only the last option to contain Maoist insurgency and denying reports that he was readying to mobilize army anytime soon, in Kantipur. * * * "I am not anybody's opponent. But the attitude that is dominating our party currently will not make it alive. I am working to make the party alive as it is essential for strengthening democracy." Sher Bahadur Deuba, former Prime Minister, reacting to charges that he was instigating factionalism in the party, in Samakalin. * * * "All the people currently in the government are immature. They cannot deliver what the country wants. They should seek advice from us." Surya Bahadur Thapa, former Prime Minister and President of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), saying his party was full of leaders who know exactly what the country needs right now, in Nepalipatra. * * * "They should be allowed to come within the constitutional parameters with dignity. And dialogue is the main and effective way to bring them." Khum Bahadur Khadka, Minister for Work and Physical Planning and influential leader of the ruling Nepali Congress party, saying he was in favor of resolving the Maoist problem through dialogue, in Ghatana Ra Bichar. * * * "Despite honoring their spirit, I cannot term their movement as people's war." Late Nirmal Lama, senior communist leader, commenting about the Maoist's people's war in an interview taken in 1996, in Budhabar. * * * "The practice of distributing portions of budget to MPs without any plan must be stopped. It will only encourage corruption." Dr. Guna Nidhi Sharma, senior economist, in Jana Aastha. * * * "VAT will be made the back-bone of revenue collection." Mahesh Acharya, Finance Minister, Promicing of reforms in the upcoming budget, addressing a program by Morang Trade Association.
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