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"An alliance against terrorism has been built from among all political parties and the Nepalese people with the support of the international community."

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, speaking a day after parliament ratified the state of emergency by an overwhelming majority, in The Kathmandu Post.

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"In the present difficult situation, our party had no alternative to moving ahead with national consensus to resolve the nation's problems."

Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of the Unified Marxist-Leninist and the leader of the main opposition, justifying his decision to support the government in ratifying the imposition of the state of emergency in parliament, in Rajdhani.

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"This is the victory of democracy."

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, former prime minister and senior leader of the ruling Nepali Congress party, reacting to parliament's ratification of the emergency order, in Spacetime daily.

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"The government is ready to hold discussions on amending the constitution."

Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta, Minister for Information and Communication and spokesperson of His Majesty's Government, in Bimarsha.

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"We want to do politics not out of vested or factional interests but based on ideology and policy."

Chandra Prakash Mainali, leader of Marxist-Leninist, who refused to merge with the UML, promising to reorganize the party, in Himalaya Times.

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"Amending the constitution is not a frivolous matter. Those calling for an amendment should show the shortcomings in the constitution."

Laxman Prasad Aryal, a Supreme Court justice and one of the members of the committee that drafted the present constitution, in Rajdhani.

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"We have informed our problems to the Chief District Officer. He said he would inform our plight to the army and police. Still, we are not fully assured of our security."

Man Bahadur Shahi, leader of Raute, a small indigenous community living in the jungles for ages, who recently approached the Surkhet district administration seeking assurances of security amid stepped-up operations against Maoists, who are also taking shelter in the jungles, in Himalaya Times.

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