"It
was happening so fast. I did what I could. I tried to save lives. Looking back, I think
maybe I could have saved more lives."
His Royal Highness Prince Paras,
in his deposition before the high-level committee formed to probe the palace killings.
* * *
"It’s
personal. I don’t want to talk about it."
Devyani Rana, friend of late
King Dipendra, when asked about her relations with him, in her deposition before the
high-level committee formed to probe the palace killings.
* * *
"As ADCs we
used to say to him that taking them was not proper."
Raju Karki, an ADC to late
King Dipendra, telling the committee about then-Crown Prince’s habit of smoking
special cigarettes mixed with cannabis and the black unidentified substance.
* * *
"I
don’t agree with the decision of the party president."
Rabindra Nath Sharma, former
minister and senior leader of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, criticizing the decision by
party president Surya Bahadur Thapa to join hands with the CPN-UML to elect its candidate
in the National Assembly.
* * *
"We did what
suited us the most."
Khadga Prasad Oli, the
senior leader of Unified Marxist Leninist, defending his party’s decision to join
hands with Rastriya Prajatantra Party instead of leftist parties to elect its candidates
in the National Assembly.
* * *
"We were
betrayed."
Devi Prasad Acharya, 65, the
Brahmin who took katto meal, saying that the authorities didn’t give them what was
promised.
* * *
"I am
worried now."
Sunil Tamang, a flower
vendor, expressing concern for his business as the mourning period drew to an end, in The
Kathmandu Post.
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