Voices

India Today, April 5, 1999
April 5, 1999

"The West Bengal Government is clinging to an ideology of stagnation which has proved a failure all over the world."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister

"I have always viewed the Congress with caution. You never know which way it will sway."
J. Jayalalitha, AIADMK chief

"We wish to get back to power at the Centre entirely on our own."
P.A. Sangma, Congress leader, saying his party believed that coalition governments will not work in the country

"We are unable to show our face to the world."
Sharad Yadav, JD chief, on the series of massacres in Bihar

"I will not take directions from the judiciary. This order is final."
P.T.R. Palanivelrajan, Tamil Nadu Speaker, rejecting a court order to release an MLA arrested for assaulting a DMK minister

"In power faces change but behaviour doesn't."
K.N. Govindacharya, BJP leader, on dissensions in the Uttar Pradesh unit of his party

"I am not taking my World Cup selection for granted. Every game is a challenge."
Rahul Dravid, cricketer, after his century against Sri Lanka in the triangular cricket series

"A credible liar is sure to make a great actor some day."
Naseeruddin Shah, actor

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