Voices

India Today, April 12, 1999
April 12, 1999

"No country, however powerful ... can be allowed to act as the policeman of the world."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, criticising the US-led NATO attacks on Yugoslavia

"I cannot say how long this Government will last. I am not an astrologer."
Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief, on the Vajpayee Government

"Who will replace Jyoti Basu? He is a visionary. Not all politicians are visionaries."
Chandan Basu, industrialist son of the West Bengal chief minister

"How can you unscramble the omelette?"
N. Vittal, chief vigilance commissioner, on the controversy regarding grant of statutory status to the CVC

"The Vajpayee Government is in the departure lounge with its boarding card ready."
Kamal Nath, Congress leader

"This can be termed as a political earthquake."
J. Jayalalitha, AIADMK chief, on the tea party hosted by Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy

"He played in a fantastic way and took the pressure off."
Ajay Jadeja, Indian cricket captain, on newcomer Amay Khurasia's excellent knock against Sri Lanka in Pune

"The Censor Board is a pack of jokers. They just want to go clip, clip, clip."
Manoj Kumar, veteran actor, in Filmfare