"I am
pledging to initiate the national campaign to free the nation and the people from the
terror."
Girija Prasad Koirala,
former Prime minister and the president of ruling Nepali Congress party, declaring
"massive national unity campaign" against the Maoist violence, in Kantipur.
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"Now it is
up to the Maoists to assure the Nepalese people of peace."
Prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba,
saying that the government has been doing everything to make the dialogue successful,
speaking at a public program.
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"The time
has not come for amending the present constitution. We should wait for at least 20 more
years before doing that."
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai,
former Prime minister, speaking at a public program.
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"Is this the
double standard of the Maoists leadership or are their cadres beyond their control?"
Madhav Kumar Nepal, leader
of the main opposition and general secretary of the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML),
expressing concern over the continuation of forcible donations and other violent
activities despite the direction against the same by the Maoist leadership, in Himalaya
Times.
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"Maoists
should not sit in the dialogue with the demand for republic."
Kirtinidhi Bista, former
Prime minister, in Bimarsha.
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"When a
youth like me could fall prey to pick-pocketing so often, I wonder what happens to naive
youths who come to Kathmandu from villages."
Kamal Khanal, a youth from
Koteshwor, expressing the alarming rise in pick-pocketing incidents in the capital, in
Gorkhapatra.
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"It is
targeted at the large section of people who are unable to get the treatment thanks to
poverty and lack of awareness."
Dr. Shashanka Koirla, executive
director of B.P. Koiriala Lions Center for Ophthalmic Studies (BPKLCOS), unveiling a
program to provide free cataract surgery to poor people in the country, in Himalaya Times.
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"I am now
watching the film Andha Kanoon of Amitabh Bachchan so as to solace myself how honest
people are put to sufferings by law."
Siddha Raj Joshi, former
member of RNAC board of directors, accused of impropriety in Lauda air deal, who was
recently released on bail after 100 days in jail, in The Kathmandu Post.
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