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"Anything that undermines the monarchy will not be tolerated."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, speaking at a talk program "The Importance of Monarchy in Hindu Kingdom Nepal", organized by the World Hindu Federation.

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"The Maoists should understand the people’s wish for peace."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister, in Gorkhapatra.

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"By introducing a bill that is against the spirit of its own decision, the government has stood in the way of change."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader of the main opposition and general secretary of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML), fiercely criticizing the land ceiling proposed by the government in the bill to amend the Land Reform Act as inadequate, in Spacetime Daily.

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"Dialogue has just started. Nepali Congress will move ahead after having a look at the Maoists’ agenda."

Sushil Koirala, general secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress party, in Gorkhapatra.

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"The government has the law but cannot put order. The Maoists have no law but only order. If both worked to provide law and order, the country could move forward."

Padma Jyoti, an industrialist, speaking at a public program.

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"I want to do such exemplary work that would inspire all disabled people."

Sudarshan Gautam, a student at the Bachelor of Business Studies (3rd year), who lost both hands in an accident, expressing his wish to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by driving a car with his legs in city traffic on September 8, in Himalaya Times.

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