"I feel pain for having failed to institutionalize new thoughts and new values."
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda,' addressing a function, in Janadisha.
"I want to call on the democratic forces to unite against anti-democratic forces."
Girija Prasad Koirala, president of main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and former prime minister, addressing a party rally in Kanchanpur district.
"The NC will miss the bus if it lingers on joining the special committee on army integration. The process will start even without its participation if it continues to be adamant."
Ram Bahadur Thapa 'Badal,' Defense Minister, speaking at a program.
"If the army integration process is not initiated, it will invite civil war in the country."
Bamdev Gautam, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, speaking in Sindhuli.
"There is no way Maoist combatants can be integrated into national army. They want to infiltrate the army and grab the power."
KP Oli, senior leader of Unified Marxist Leninist (UML).
"Many issues would have been resolved if only the government had held the dialogue after carrying out homework."
Vice president Parmananda Jha, criticizing the government approach in holding talks with armed groups of Terai.
"I hear they have included me as a member. I won't be a member of a committee where there is no participation of Prime Minister. We will also send our representation at the similar level."
Madhav Kumar Nepal, former general secretary of UML, declining to join the high level political coordination committee formed to guide the government.
"The government is there for name only. It is powerless to take decisions. It is powerless due to foreign imperial powers. Everything is dictated by foreigners including petty matters like formulating laws."
Dev Gurung, senior Maoist leader and Minister for Law, Justice and CA Affairs, speaking at a program in Lamjung.
"The actual expiration of the mandate (of UNMIN) is 23 January 2009, we would have liked to have had a request by now so that we could send recommendations to the Secretary General which he would pass on to the Security Council. The very latest date for decisions is January and for that we need to request very soon indeed."
Ian Martin, Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Nepal and chief of UNMIN, urging the government to quickly make request for term extension of UNMIN.
Transition:
RETURNED: Yang Jiechi, Foreign Minister of China, after completing three day visit to Nepal.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, after a study tour of Nepal.
ARRIVED: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, deputy chief of General Staff of People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, leading a ten-member delegation, for a four day visit to Nepal.
FORMED: A 12-member high-level political coordination committee to guide the government.
A 15-member taskforce led by Som Prasad Pokharel to look into the prospects of generating 10,000 MW of electricity in ten years.
DECLARED: Public holiday on Bakr-Id, by the government.
