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"I will take my 14-point proposal [for national consensus] to its logical end. This is my commitment."

Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, speaking at a public program, in Kantipur.

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"When the tenure of the probe committee formed by the King could be extended, why can’t we extend the deadline for the prime minister to resign? If Koirala is willing to resign, we are willing to wait a few more days. But if he is out to save his chair by talking about national consensus, we will not leave him."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition, in Rajdhani.

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"It is not democracy but Girijababu who has failed."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister and senior leader of Nepali Congress, speaking at a program organized by the Democracy and Good Governance Study Center.

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"If the Maoists want to resolve this problem, the government is ever ready to talk with them."

Ram Chandra Poudel, Deputy Prime Minister, in Nepal Samacharpatra.

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"Alcohol should not be allowed inside the royal palace. "

Yogi Naraharinath, saying that alcohol only encourages immorality, in Ghatana Ra Bichar.

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"You will not find any incident in Nepal’s history bigger in magnitude than this royal tragedy."

Dr. Tulsi Ram Baidya, president of Nepal History Association, in Budhabar.

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"Immediately after hearing the news, the Indian President telephoned me. There was a great pain in his voice."

Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, Royal Nepalese Ambassador to India, saying that the Indian government had readied a special plane to fly Indian leaders including President K.R. Narayanan to Kathmandu to take part in the King Birendra's last rite, in Bimarsha.

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