India Today: Voices

India Today
June 8, 1998

The nuclear issue has been thrust upon us all of a sudden. It demands careful evaluation and a measured response.
Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, at the CPP general body meeting

The BJP leaders who have been issuing highly provocative statements, do not realise the implications of their actions.
H S Surjeet, CPI(M) general secretary, on the impact of the N-tests on relations with neighbouring countries.

Nuclear weaponisation is necessary and, in the ultimate analysis, inevitable.
George Fernandes, Union defence minister, in a television interview

I have been the defence minister of the country. All this is not new to me. Sharad Pawar, Leader of the Opposition, on the preparatory role of the Congress party for the nuclear tests.

When he says he regrets it, he must mean it. I met him and I think he is a good man.
Gajanan Shirke, Shiv Sena leader, on the apology offered by painter M.F. Husain for his controversial painting of Sita.

I know what farming is all about. I have practical knowledge and experience.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, in Sportstar.

My height is my biggest handicap, it unnerves the heroes.
Tabu, actress, in Filmfare.

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