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"The violence was against the Nepali Congress' behavior."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the CPN-UML and leader of the main opposition, commenting on the recent riots in the capital, in Chhalfal.

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"There is no ideological or policy-based division in the Nepali Congress. Therefore, the current dissension is a temporary one."

Sushil Koirala, general secretary of the Nepali Congress, in Bimarsha.

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"You must have now seen where I stand. I have come with him (Deuba) and registered the no-confidence motion. What more proof do you want?"

Khum Bahadur Khadka, former minister, saying he was firmly behind former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's bid to dislodge Prime Minister Koirala, in Kantipur.

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"I humbly [request] the creators of this news to please produce evidence or proof of my having made the reported statement on any TV channel anywhere in the world."

Hrithik Roshan, the Indian film star whose alleged remarks about Nepal fuelled violent demonstrations in the capital, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"People have come out in the streets and that is the evidence."

Bamdev Gautam, general secretary of the CPN-ML, when asked if he had evidence that Indian film star Hrithik Roshan did make any disparaging remarks about Nepal, in an interview with BBC Nepali Service.

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"We have already agreed to the demands that the country can shoulder. There can be no agreement on demands that we cannot meet."

Khagendra Basnet, secretary at the Ministry of Education, on the progress of the government's dialogue with the student wing of Maoists, in Deshanter.

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"That rumor was spread to block my career."

Niruta Singh, successful Kollywood actress, reacting to the reports that she is pregnant, in Deshanter.

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"Women can always get their property from their husbands after marriage. By asking for dual property rights, we will only be inviting tension in the family."

Sarishma Amatya, pop singer, expressing opposition to demands for equal property rights to women, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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