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"Nobody should fear the army because it is the government that has mobilized it."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, clarifying the governmentís position at the House of Representatives State Affairs Committee, in Spacetime daily.

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"People feel the security operations have not brought about the desired results. I, too, have similar feelings."

Khum Bahadur Khadka, Home Minister, in Kantipur.

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"As political activities are absent due to the situation of emergency, the need for national consensus is greater now."

Surya Bahadur Thapa, president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, clarifying his call for national consensus.

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"The problems faced by the nation are greater than the imperative of ending the emergency."

Ram Chandra Poudel, former deputy prime minister and senior Nepali Congress leader, in Spacetime daily.

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"I have not stopped any leader or worker of the ML party from entering UML. But I personally am not going to be a part of the reunion."

Chandra Prakash Mainali, former minister and senior leader of Marxist-Leninist party, who leads a section of the splinter party that is still adamant against its reunion with the UML, in Drishti.

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"Our economy is only trapped in a mire, it is not destroyed."

Himalaya SJB Rana, former governor of Nepal Rastra Bank and prominent industrialist, in Deshantar.

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"Exports of pashmina dipped after people with no knowledge [of pashmina] invested in the sector and began exporting low-quality products."

Pushpa Man Shrestha, proprietor of Nepal Pashmina Industry, reacting to the sharp decline of pashmina exports, in Himalaya Times.

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"This award will further encourage me to engage in the music sector."

Anjan Shakya, young singer and television newsreader, after she was awarded with the Birendra-Aishwarya Sewa Padak.

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