India Today: Voices

India Today
May 4, 1998

When he should have stood by me, he chose to surrender meekly to a woman (Jayalalitha) who has as many cases slapped against her as the number of hairs on her head.
Buta Singh, former Union minister, attacking Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee for dropping him from the Government

It is a case of the devil quoting scriptures.
D Raja, CPI national secretary, on Home Minister L.K. Advani's concern over growing fundamentalism in Tamil Nadu and Kerala

If Nelson Mandela, who has spent several years in jail, and Yasser Arafat can win the Nobel Peace Prize, so can I.
Phoolan Devi, dacoit queen-turned-politician

The arrival of western economic aid brought aids to India.
Murli Manohar Joshi, Union HRD minister

If we are that bad, how come Delhi Education Minister Harsh Vardhan sends his children to our school?
Shyama Chona, principal of Delhi Public School which was among 16 schools charged by the Delhi Education Department of financial irregularities and violations, in The Indian Express

Earlier people used to call me to say, "How are you?" Now they ask, "Are you alive?"
Govinda, actor, who has sought police protection after receiving death threats