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"The army had no intention of bringing physical harm (to the Maoists). We wanted to take development. It was only after they attacked us that we have gone on the offensive."

Prajwalla SJB Rana, chief of Royal Nepal Army, in his interview with "Dishanirdesh" program in Nepal Television.

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"Nobody has been killed in custody."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, addressing a gathering on the occasion of World Human Rights Day, saying that the government was committed to upholding basic human rights during the emergency, in Spacetime daily.

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"The state of emergency will end after achieving its results."

Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta, Minister for Information and Communication and the spokesman of the government, indicating that the government is not in a mood to unnecessarily lengthen the emergency, in Gorkhapatra.

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"Dialogue with the Maoists is impossible now."

Chiranjibi Wagle, Minister for Physical Planning and Works and the chief government negotiator during the failed government-Maoists talks, in Himalaya Times.

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"The government has administered emergency as an anti-pyretics to bring down the rising fever of the country. Now it should try to find the cause of the fever by introducing special programs in consensus with all the parties."

Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani, vice president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, in Himalaya Times.

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"Party workers should refrain from any sorts of pressure tactics and should help the administration in its investigation and action against terrorists."

Khum Bahadur Khadka, Home Minister, addressing his party workers in far western town of Dhangadhi, in Spacetime daily.

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"Congress made a mistake but it is strange to see the opposition parties also supporting it."

Shailaja Acharya, former deputy prime minister and Congress leader, on the imposition of state of emergency in the country, in Drishti.

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"It is futile to blame anybody. All Nepalese should share the blame."

Dr. Govinda Sharma, renowned surgeon and former director of TU Teaching Hospital, when asked to diagnose the country's ailments, in Bimarsha.

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