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“Amid this agitation being carried out in
difficult times, positive signals have come. But I will not elaborate on this right
now.” Girija Prasad Koirala, president of Nepali Congress, addressing female
party workers at the Congress party headquarters. *
* * “A
step back will not amount to surrender.” Madhav Kumar Nepal, general secretary of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML),
addressing his party cadres on the decision to scale down the intensity of the agitation. *
* * “Let
God Shiva and Goddess Parvati bless our country with peace.” Lokendra Bahadur Chand, former prime minister, while dancing in the
traditional Deuda festival in Kathmandu, in Kantipur. *
* * “We
have reports that the Maoists want to carry out incidents in Kathmandu that will get
international attention.” Kamal Thapa, minister for Information and Communication, at a talk
program in Nepal Television. *
* * “The
Maoists used the ceasefire as a strategy to reorganize and regain the military power they
had lost.” General Pyar Jung Thapa, chief of the Army Staff, Royal Nepalese Army,
addressing senior army officials in Kathmandu. *
* * “The
urban terrorism launched by the Maoists have provided an opportunity for all
parliamentarian forces to come together.” Pashupati SJB Rana, president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), in
Spacetime daily. *
* * “I
am the hero of Kathmandu.” Keshab Sthapit, former mayor of Kathmandu in Jana Aastha. *
* * “When
they announced I was the winner, I wished all those in the audience were Nepalese
people.” Ayusha Shrestha, who was recently crowned World Miss University 2003 in
South Korea, in Kantipur. *
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