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"It was really pleasant. I remembered my childhood."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, after taking part in Deuda dance in Tundikhel, in Himalaya Times.

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"I have told the King that the situation of the country is very serious."

Girija Prasad Koirala, former prime minister and president of the ruling Nepali Congress party, talking to reporters in Biratnagar.

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"I wanted to put Koirala (then PM) at the center of national politics by making him take solid steps on land reforms. But in later days, I don't know why he began to lose interest and I had to resign."

Ram Chandra Poudel, former deputy prime minister, saying he had resigned because of differences over land reforms with then PM Koirala, in Kantipur.

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"The land reform envisaged by Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is ten times more progressive than the one announced by the government."

Pashupati SJB Rana, leader of RPP, who has been vocal in his protest against the government's proposed land reform and has called for ceiling in property instead, in Spacetime Daily.

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"We are only opposing the land ceiling. We are not talking of breaking up the country."

Gajendra Narayan Singh, president of Nepal Sadbhavana Party, in Gorkhapatra.

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"There is more liquidity in the market but the investment opportunities are few. So where to invest if not in shares?"

Jagadish Agrawal, share market analyst, refuting reports that investment in share is bound to decrease, in Gorkhapatra.

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"The bullion market in the country is finding it difficult to meet the rising demand. If this trend does not change soon, there will be shortage."

Tej Ratna Shakya, president of Nepal Gold and Silver Entrepreneurs' Association, reacting to the sudden surge in demand of gold, in Drishti.

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